The court of justice said Portugal had committed serious infringements of EU environmental law
Portugal has been fined €10m (£8.7m) by the EU’s court of justice for failing to comply with environmental laws that require it to protect biodiversity. It has also been ordered to pay €41,250 a day until it complies with a previous court order in 2019.
The court said it was imposing the maximum fine possible to “encourage” Portugal to bring the infringement to an end.
Continue reading...“The entire Sun oscillates in a globally coherent way, and the oscillations are formed by sound waves trapped inside the Sun that make it resonate just like a musical instrument.”
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Christelijke zionisten speculeerden al in de negentiende eeuw over het einde der tijden in het Midden-Oosten. In de VS hebben predikers en techmiljardairs de apocalyps ontdekt.
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The US government is consulting with the telecoms industry about "reciprocity" in satellite services, in a move that could see another dispute erupt with the European Union over regulations.…
The construction of Grundtvigs Kirke in Copenhagen took nearly two decades, beginning in fall of 1921 and finally reaching completion in 1940. Designed by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, it transforms the humble brick into a masterpiece of Expressionist architecture. Its pointed interior arches and vaulted ceiling, stepped crenellations, and hulking exterior nod to medieval Gothic and Romanesque styles while also exhibiting a profoundly modern sensibility.
David Altrath, a Hamburg-based photographer whose work emphasizes urban and architectural elements, captures Grundtvigs’ details in an atmospheric cumulative portrait. Bathed in mellow, golden light, the church’s pale yellow bricks appear to glow, complemented by minimal interior decor beyond some simple wooden furniture and altars.
“The building feels both austere and atmospheric, especially in the way light moves through the interior spaces and emphasizes the geometry of the structure,” Altrath tells Colossal. He’s always seeking unique relationships between form, light, and atmosphere.
The church’s tall vertical lines and symmetry required careful attention to composition in order to capture the building’s architectural geometry, and the interior lighting conditions can vary depending on the weather or time of day. “I enjoyed working with these constraints and trying to capture both the structure of the building and the quiet atmosphere of the space,” he says.
Altrath is currently photographing modernist and contemporary architecture across Europe. See more on Instagram.
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DEN HAAG (ANP) - Een meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer ziet niets in het voorstel van JA21 om het gasveld in Groningen te gebruiken als noodvoorraad als de import van gas dreigt te stokken. D66, VVD, CDA en GroenLinks-PvdA willen niet tornen aan eerder gemaakte afspraken om het Groningenveld gesloten te houden.
Kamerleden reageerden in een debat over energie niet op JA21-Kamerlid Daniël van den Berg die het plan nogmaals uit de doeken deed. Op zijn doorvragen of de VVD niet toch wil nadenken over het beschikbaar houden van Gronings gas, ondanks de emotie in de provincie, zei VVD-Kamerlid Alisha Müller: "Voor mij is het heel helder, afspraak is afspraak".
Ook GroenLinks-PvdA is tegen het plan van JA21. Op sociale medium BlueSky schreef Kamerlid Sjoukje van Oosterhout dat ze het "onverantwoord vindt om opnieuw te speculeren over gaswinning uit het Groningerveld."
