#Rochelle

Global Weather & EAS SocietyGWESOfficial@masto.globaleas.org
2025-05-29

SPOTTED IN ILLINOIS:

We found some of our GWES Staff team heading up to #SirenCon2025 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin on an EarthCam in Rochelle.

Learn more about SirenCon and the official livestream by going to gwes.link/sirencon25

#EarthCam #rochelle #siren #rhinelander

2024-10-07

How can ships become cleaner? | #DW Documentary

Soot, particle pollution and heavy fuel oil: freighters and cruise liners are real climate killers. It’s high time for a change of course on the seas. The film shows how both #innovations and tried-and-tested ideas can make shipping cleaner.

Container ships supply people all over the world with goods, while #cruises attract millions of passengers every year. But ships also cause around three percent of global #greenhouse gas emissions.

This is despite the fact that emission-free #maritime #trade has been possible for thousands of years - thanks to the wind. "We need to get back to sailing ships," says Captain Andreas Lackner. Fifteen years ago, the #Austrian and two friends put a sailing cargo ship into operation. The "Tres Hombres" has been working since 2010, transporting up to 40 tons of goods across the seas without an engine. The clipper ship takes cocoa and rum from the Caribbean to Europe, or 20,000 bottles of organic wine from La #Rochelle to #Copenhagen. "We’re closing the gap between fairly paid producers of organic goods and conscious consumers," says Lackner.

Others have also rediscovered the power of the wind. Ralf Oltmanns from East Frisia sailed the world's #oceans at the age of 16, before founding an advertising agency. Now, 30 years later, the passionate sailor has developed a new twist on a century-old propulsion system in order to make large ships cleaner. The Flettner rotor, named after its inventor, Anton Flettner, is a type of sailing machine: a cylindrical structure that rotates in the wind to generate thrust. Oltmanns has used the original invention to create a modern product. "Depending on the size of the rotor and the wind conditions, a freighter can save between 5 and 25 percent on fuel," the 63-year-old calculates. The rotor could make both cargo and passenger ships more climate-friendly. Anna Braren was convinced by his idea: Her shipping company equipped its first ship with the Flettner rotor in 2021.

With countless innovations and strict regulations, #Norway is leading the way in the transition to emission-free #shipping. The #Scandinavians are focusing on #electric motors and hybrid #technologies. #Climate change is already being felt in the #Norwegian Arctic - another reason why the government is getting serious. From 2026, only emission-free ships will be allowed to sail in #Norway's most beautiful fjords. And climate-friendly #tourist ships are already sailing along the traditional postal ship route.

youtube.com/watch?v=uGevleI5I1…

#documentary #dwdocumentary

Victoire écolo à La Rochelle

@environnement
politis.fr/articles/2024/05/vi

Neuf activistes d’Extinction Rebellion ont été relaxés le 23 avril par le tribunal de La Rochelle. Ils étaient jugés pour avoir, en septembre 2023, accroché des banderoles dénonçant le dérèglement climatique en haut des silos du groupe Soufflet Sotomac.

#Rochelle #ExtinctionRebellion #Justice #Lutte #BonneNouvelle

Le Monolecte 😷🤬🐧 :oc:Monolecte@framapiaf.org
2023-06-16

Le sol a tremblé : que se passe-t-il vendredi 16 juin ?

Le sol a tremblé à 18 h 38 ce vendredi 16 juin 2023. Des #secousses ont été ressenties à #Nantes, mais aussi à #Cholet, #Bordeaux, au #Mans… Un tremblement de terre avec un #épicentre vers La #Rochelle pourrait en être la cause.

#Tremblement

ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loi

2019-05-27

RT @IGNrando
twitter.com/IGNrando/status/11

#IGNrando' est en direct des Rencontres nationales Tourisme & Spatial à la #Rochelle. Les acteurs du tourisme et du spatial s’unissent pour nous présenter les innovations à la croisée de ces deux mondes.
#Space4Tourism #tourisme

2019-03-14
Christian Quest 🌍cquest@amicale.net
2019-02-05

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