HTC Vive appoints Spotify and Disney exec as European GM
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-05-03-htc-vive-appoints-spotify-and-disney-exec-as-european-gm
Paul Brown will work out of the firm’s London office.
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Minetest, piochez en toute liberté – Framablog
▻http://framablog.org/2016/05/28/minetest-piochez-en-lberteMIcrosoft a acheté Minecraft, le fameux jeu « bac à sable », à son créateur. Et pour une petite fortune ! Forcément, l’ogre de Redmond avait une idée derrière la tête…
Dans ce long article traduit par le groupe Framalang, Paul Brown propose une alternative pour pouvoir piocher en paix, et utiliser la puissante idée de Markus Persson en toute liberté.
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Testé depuis hier avec le fils, et ça y est il est à fond (vu qu’il a des copains qui ont Minecraft chez eux). Bon, ce sont les balbutiements, c’est-à-dire qu’on sait juste faire une pioche et un four… même pas de lumière pour descendre…
En tout cas ça marche super super bien, ce clone libre.
Prochaine étape : convertir notre ville depuis
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/501466
dans le format de Minetest…
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Arctic ice melt to redraw global shipping routes
▻http://www.rtcc.org/2015/08/04/arctic-ice-melt-to-redraw-global-shipping-routes
By Paul Brown
The disappearing Arctic ice cap will boost trade between north-west Europe and countries such as China, Japan and South Korea by making the sea routes far shorter, according to economic analysts.
The new sea route will alter world trade, making northern countries richer, but causing serious problems for Egypt, which will lose a large chunk of revenue currently gained from ships coming through the Suez Canal.
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Ice-free Arctic summers expected by 2050s | Barentsobserver
▻http://barentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2015/08/ice-free-arctic-summers-expected-2050s-04-08
Improved computer simulations suggest that the Arctic will see its first ice-free summer in 2050, a decade earlier than previously projected.
#chine #inde #transport #transport_maritime #arctique #russie #climat
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New energy policy needed as nuclear giants take a hit - Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/new-energy-policy-needed-as-nuclear-giants-take-a-hit
By Paul Brown
Plans for a worldwide fleet of huge new nuclear reactors have collapsed, with the cancellation of a major project and no new orders being placed.
LONDON, 28 May, 2015 − The European nuclear industry, led by France, seems to be in terminal decline as a result of the cancellation of a new Finnish reactor, technical faults in stations already under construction, and severe financial problems.
The French government owns 85% of both of the country’s two premier nuclear companies – Areva, which designs the reactors, and Électricité de France (EDF), which builds and manages them. Now it is amalgamating the two giants in a bid to rescue the industry.
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Major changes are in store for electricity industry - Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/major-changes-are-in-store-for-electricity-industry
By Paul Brown
As the battle to phase out fossil fuels heats up, finding economically viable ways to store surplus electric power is becoming vital.
LONDON, 26 April, 2015 − Inventors are in a race to find the best way of storing electricity to make the most of renewables and cut the use of fossil fuels.
Currently, when more power than needed by consumers is produced by sources such as wind turbines or solar panels, some of the electricity is wasted. But that is changing.
Governments have realised that one of their biggest challenges in cutting the use of fossil fuels is to store surplus electricity for use at peak times.
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World group seeks ban on uranium and nuclear power - Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/world-group-seeks-ban-on-uranium-and-nuclear-power
By Paul Brown
It’s time to end the myth that nuclear power is a cost-effective, practical or safe response to climate change, says World Uranium Symposium.
LONDON, 24 April, 2015 − Uranium mining across the world should cease, nuclear power stations be closed and nuclear weapons be banned, according to a group of scientists, environmentalists and representatives of indigenous peoples.
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Unfinished nuclear plants raise safety doubts - Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/unfinished-nuclear-plants-raise-safety-doubts
By Paul Brown
A new generation of giant reactors, meant to provide fresh hope for nuclear power in Europe, has been found to have a serious safety problem.
LONDON, 13 April, 2015 − The future of the world’s biggest nuclear reactor, under construction at Flamanville in northern France, is now in doubt after a serious flaw was found in its steel pressure vessel.
Examination has shown that the steel contains too much carbon, which can weaken the vessel’s structure and breaches safety rules. The Chinese, who have two similar 1,600 megawatt European Pressurised Reactors under construction, have been warned that they too may share the potentially catastrophic problem.
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Eyes in the sky see seas rising alarmingly faster - Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/eyes-in-the-sky-see-seas-rising-alarmingly-faster
By Paul Brown
Scientists analysing sophisticated satellite data warn that rises in sea level more rapid than expected are increasing threats to coastal cities and food security.
LONDON, 27 March, 2015 − Satellite observations show that sea level rise may have been underestimated, and that annual rises are increasing.
A collaborative effort between maritime organisations and space agencies in measuring sea level rise has come to the conclusion that it has been increasing by 3.1 millimetres a year since 1993 – higher than previous estimates.
The evidence is growing from a number of recent studies of the ice caps that sea level rise is accelerating, posing a threat to many of the world’s largest and most wealthy cities − most of which are also important ports.
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Waste-to-energy revolution boosted by biobattery idea - Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/waste-energy-revolution-boosted-biobattery-idea
By Paul Brown
New processes to turn waste products into renewable energy that can power cars, planes and turbines are rapidly being developed across the world.
LONDON, 4 March, 2014 − Competition to make bio-fuels out of waste products that would otherwise have to be dumped is creating a fast-growing, worldwide industry.
And a German research organisation now believes it has perfected a system called a “biobattery” for turning a vast range of waste into energy.
The drive for better technology has been spurred on by criticism that the first generation of bio-fuels used productive land that should be used for food crops, rather than to grow plants for ethanol and other fuels.
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Waste problems still haunt nuclear option | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2014/07/waste-problems-still-haunt-nuclear-option
By Paul Brown
Nuclear power is seen as one of the possible solutions to climate change, but the recent closure of five US power stations is forcing the industry to face up at last to the damaging legacy of how to deal with radioactive waste.
LONDON, 15 July, 2014 − Long-term employment is hard to find these days, but one career that can be guaranteed to last a lifetime is dealing with nuclear waste.
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Nom d’un chien ! Mais ils ne peuvent pas arrêter les centrales nucléaires et la gestion des déchets radioactifs en une seule vie. Fukushima et dernièrement, l’effondrement d’une galerie de déchets radioactifs aux USA (suite à un forage pour gaz de schiste) montrent que le nucléaire n’est de loin pas une énergie propre.
Il faut subventionner la recherche sur l’énergie alternative.
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Glacier tracing goes digital | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2014/05/glacier-tracing-goes-digital
By Paul Brown
Detailed new maps of all the world’s glaciers have been produced to provide vital data that will help plan for the effects of climate change
LONDON, May 10 – Scientists have for the first time compiled a complete map of all the glaciers on Earth, providing extensive data that will help calculate sea level rise caused by global warming and the threats to communities that rely on melt water for agriculture and water supply.
The data, including length and volume, is contained in a collection of digital outlines of the world’s 200,000 glaciers − excluding the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets.
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Glaciologie
Cartographie de la totalité des glaciers
▻http://www.bulletins-electroniques.com/actualites/76023.htm
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Oil companies take trillion-dollar gamble | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2014/05/oil-companies-take-trillion-dollar-gamble
By Paul Brown
Financial experts warn investors that their money is being used by oil companies for high-risk extraction projects on the dubious assumption that oil prices will go on rising, and with little or no regard for climate change factors
LONDON, May 8 − Investors are being urged to warn oil companies that they are risking trillions of dollars in exploiting oil fields that will probably never be profitable − and to consider selling their shares if the companies fail to listen to them.
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Enough uranium, but nuclear power is still shrinking | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2014/04/enough-uranium-but-nuclear-power-is-still-shrinking
By Paul Brown
Many people believe nuclear power could save the planet from climate change. But several factors mean the industry is dying, a new analysis suggests.
LONDON, 11 April – There is enough uranium available on the planet to keep the world’s nuclear industry going for as long as it is needed. But it will grow steadily more expensive to extract, because the quality of the ore is getting poorer, according to new research.
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Nuclear subsidy deal ‘will kill renewables’ | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2014/04/nuclear-subsidy-deal-will-kill-renewables
By Paul Brown
The battle over the UK’s plan to subsidise nuclear power will decide Europe’s energy mix for the next 50 years, say critics.
LONDON, 7 April – The United Kingdom’s plans to build heavily subsidised nuclear power stations have come under withering attack from a coalition of Members of Parliament, academics, energy industry experts and environmental groups.
Evidence has poured into the European Commission, which is investigating whether the deal with the giant French nuclear company EDF breaks EU competition rules. The evidence from many objectors, whose submissions had to be made by today, claims that if the contract goes through it will wreck Europe’s chance of building up renewable energies to avert the worst impacts of climate change.
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Nuclear waste gets expensive | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2014/02/nuclear-waste-gets-expensive
By Paul Brown
When countries embrace nuclear power to combat climate change the problem of disposing of the radioactive waste seems far away, but the costs will be enormous.
LONDON, 13 February – Nothing divides environmental campaigners as much as nuclear power.
Some have always believed renewables offer cleaner power while avoiding the dangers of radioactivity and nuclear waste disposal. Others, including new converts who now support the industry, believe the threat of climate change is so terrifying that the drawbacks to nuclear power are far outweighed by its potential for producing large quantities of low-carbon electricity.
All governments who have nuclear power stations have to deal with practicalities and have a problem that so far is unresolved: how to get rid of all the radioactive waste their existing nuclear plants have produced.
It is a contentious issue even in countries that are phasing out nuclear power, like Germany, because no communities want to be blighted by being a nation’s nuclear waste dump. But it is worse for countries that share this unresolved nuclear waste problem yet want to add to it by building a new generation of power stations.
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Amazon forest loss threatens five states | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/12/amazon-forest-loss-threatens-five-states
By Paul Brown
Water, food supplies and energy production are all in jeopardy as the Amazon forest is felled for profit, campaigners say – and the damage is spreading beyond Amazonia itself.
LONDON, 29 December – The continued destruction of the Amazon to exploit its resources for mining, agriculture and hydro-power is threatening the future of the South American continent, according to a report by campaigning groups using the latest scientific data.
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‘Illegal UK state aid’ probe hits nuclear plans | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/12/illegal-uk-state-aid-probe-hits-nuclear-plansBy Paul Brown
An EU investigation into the UK’s financial support for new nuclear power stations is dividing Europe, with critics saying London is flouting EU rules by offering illegal subsidies.
LONDON, 12 December – A full-scale investigation is being launched into whether Britain’s deal with French nuclear giant EDF, backed with money from Chinese nuclear generators, to build new stations at Hinkley Point in the west of England, is illegal state aid.
The investigation by the European Commission is a serious blow to the nuclear industry in Europe and across the western world, because it delays any expansion of the industry for at least a year and may possibly permanently damage its prospects.
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One curious aspect of the saga is that the British Government pledged before the last election that nuclear power stations would be built only if they could compete with other forms of generation without subsidy. They then spent two years negotiating with EDF and agreed to pay £92.50 per megawatt hour for the electricity over 35 years, double the existing price of electricity.
The Government is therefore gambling that the price of electricity will double before the station starts up and that it will therefore not have to pay the subsidy. Among the issues the commission will be looking at is whether the deal gives EDF and its Chinese backers excess profits at the expense of British consumers.
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Nuclear power’s ‘myths’ tick no boxes | Climate News Network
►http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/stories
By Paul Brown
The nuclear industry believes it will help stave off the threat of climate change, but a new book says that is a pipe dream.
LONDON, 6 October – A book entitled The Doomsday Machine leaves little room for doubt in readers’ minds about the two authors’ views on nuclear power.
But just in case you missed the point Martin Cohen, a social scientist, and Andrew McKillop, an energy economist, add in capital letters on the cover: “The high price of nuclear energy, the world’s most dangerous fuel.”
This well-written book is a comprehensive attack on an industry that, despite the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents and an extraordinary history of cost overruns and delays, still has many supporters and continues to plan for worldwide expansion.
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US gas boom adds to climate risks | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/09/us-gas-boom-adds-to-climate-risks
US gas boom adds to climate risks
Smog in Beijing: China is taking action on climate change
Image: 螺钉 via Wikimedia CommonsSeptember 10, 2013 in Economy, Energy, Technology
By Paul Brown
A study predicting a huge boom for the USA as a result of the exploitation of new sources of “unconventional” gas and oil fails to mention its effect on the climate.
LONDON, 10 September – Americans will be a lot richer as a result of what analysts call the “unconventional oil and gas revolution” boosting jobs and reviving energy-intensive industries, according to a series of detailed reports.
The reports, compiled by IHS, a US company operating in 31 countries specializing in business, energy and economics, says cheaper oil and gas will transform the fortunes of many companies and has already boosted the income of the average American household by $1,200 a year. This will rise to $2,000 a year by 2015 and $3,500 a year by 2025 because of lower energy bills and reduced prices for everyday goods.
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UK confusion over nuclear future | Climate News Network
►http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/stories
By Paul Brown
It’s the nuclear closure programme that never was. The UK government insists it needs new nuclear power stations urgently built to replace ageing installations − and yet its safety watchdog is granting lengthy extensions that could see old ones continue for decades
LONDON, 9 September − The UK Government has been telling its parliament and the public that because eight large nuclear stations are scheduled to close over the next 10 years, the country needs urgently to build some new ones to keep the nation’s lights on.
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UK Government warms to nuclear power | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/03/uk-government-warms-to-nuclear-power
By Paul Brown
The UK Government promised earlier not to subsidise nuclear power. It’s just promised to pay more than twice the present market price, for 40 years. It’s also going to give significant help to the infant shale gas industry. It adds up to a strange energy policy for others to follow.
LONDON, 25 March – Companies wishing to prospect for shale gas in the UK have been granted ten-year tax breaks and will get special planning permission from the Government if they go for large scale projects. To avoid delays, the Government also used its budget to announce plans to tempt local communities with cash to accept these developments.
This controversial push to exploit shale gas for electricity production comes as the Government’s already contentious plans to subsidise new nuclear stations ran into legal trouble in Brussels.
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UK’s nuclear plans come unstuck | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/02/uks-nuclear-plans-come-unstuckBy Paul Brown
The latest setback to engulf the British nuclear industry’s plans suggests the technology may face increasing problems elsewhere, prompted by concerns over cost and the legacy of Fukushima.
LONDON, 5 February – The UK Government’s plan to build a new generation of 10 nuclear power stations suffered another severe blow yesterday (4 February) when the British utility Centrica pulled out of the programme, writing off a £200 million investment in the process.
To prop up the industry the Government is faced with breaking two important electoral pledges, and may face legal challenges that it intends to breach European Union subsidy rules in guaranteeing a minimum price for nuclear power.
With the French nuclear industry already in deep trouble over construction delays and cost overruns, the chances of building any new reactors in the UK are fading fast.
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‘Most fail’ to end poverty while cutting emissions | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/01/most-fail-to-end-poverty-while-cutting-emissions
Most fail’ to end poverty while cutting emissions
January 21, 2013 in Sustainable Development
By Paul Brown
The world’s attempts to achieve sustainable development – tackling poverty and simultaneously curbing greenhouse gases – seem condemned to widespread failure unless politicians change course, a study claims.
LONDON, 21 January – World leaders have so far failed to raise people out of poverty by economic development while at the same time avoiding the worst effects of climate change, Swedish researchers say.
A study of 134 countries published by TCO, a confederation of 15 Swedish trade unions (based on data from the TCO RioRank database), shows that sustainable development is not yet close to being achieved, despite it being the stated aim of many politicians.
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Fossil fuels ‘too valuable to burn’ | Climate News Network
Trop précieux pour être consommés...
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/01/fossil-fuels-too-valuable-to-burn
Fossil fuels ‘too valuable to burn’
January 26, 2013 in Energy
By Paul Brown
Burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas adds significantly to global warming and will in time exhaust finite reserves. It also wastes resources which the world urgently needs to conserve for other purposes, according to a study released exclusively to the Climate News Network.
LONDON, 26 January – Burning fossil fuels for energy is a disastrous waste of natural resources preventing their use for the manufacture of fertilizer, medicines, clothing and other vital goods, according to a German think tank.
A study by the World Future Council, based in Hamburg, has attempted for the first time to put an economic price on the consumption of oil, gas and hard coal to produce energy when they could be used instead for making useful things.
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Climate ‘causing more and worse heat waves’ | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/01/climate-causing-more-and-worse-heat-waves
Climate ‘causing more and worse heat waves’
January 15, 2013
By Paul Brown
Researchers say there are now on average five times as many record-breaking hot months worldwide as we could expect without long-term global warming, with human activities responsible for four-fifths of them.
LONDON, 15 January – Climate change has already increased the incidence of dangerous heat waves five-fold, and 80% of them have been caused by man-made emissions. The last decade has been particularly affected.
These conclusions, by researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Complutense University of Madrid, look at the increasing incidence of record-breaking hot months since 1880. The last 40 years has seen a steady rise, but in the last decade the upward curve has been far greater. Even these disturbing figures do not include the recent record temperatures and disastrous fires in Australia.
#climat #températures #désastres #catastrophes #climat-extrême
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