TotalEnergies: The strike had been voted to end

According to the CGT national coordinator for TotalEnergies Eric Sellini, just as the night teams were due to start their shift, the movement was “suspended” Wednesday evening on the “Flanders” site in Mardyck, near Dunkerque, and that of La Mède in Bouches-du-Rhône after three weeks of blockades. This morning, despite the lack of momentum in the TotalEnergies oil sites where strikers have begun to return to work, uncertainty about fuel supplies as school vacations approach has not been resolved. But the end of the strike was voted on earlier in the day at the Donges refinery (Loire-Atlantique).

Destruction of its infrastructure by the Russian army as winter approaches: Ukraine was preparing to limit its energy consumption

The bombings continued yesterday all over Ukraine, including in the capital. Kiev accuses Russia of preparing a “mass deportation” of the population of recently annexed territories and the forcible recruitment of Ukrainian citizens into its army. Ukraine, for its part, was preparing today to restrict its energy consumption to deal with the destruction of its infrastructure by the Russian army as winter approaches. Therefore, Volodymyr Zelensky calls on the population to prepare for “all possible scenarios.”

Zelensky, in his address last night, claimed that Ukrainian forces shot down 21 Iranian drones that same day. Ten were headed for Kiev.

Energy surge: EU leaders attempt a joint response

On Thursday and Friday, European Union leaders meet in Brussels to try to overcome their divisions and finally find a common response to the energy surge that is beginning to cause social unrest. Indeed, the sanctions imposed on Russia and the war in Ukraine have caused a shock to gas, electricity and oil prices. However, Europe, weakened by the differing interests of member countries, has reacted slowly since February.

Climate: temperatures could be worse than expected

If greenhouse gas emissions do not fall drastically, temperatures in France could rise by 3.8 degrees on average in 2100 compared to the beginning of the 20th century. According to one of the authors of the study Aurélien Ribes, a climatologist at the National Center for Meteorological Research (CNRM), “This represents an increase of up to 50% higher than previous forecasts.” A study published in early October in the journal “Earth Systems Dynamics” announced that average temperatures could rise by 6.7 degrees. In the worst scenario, one where we would continue to rely heavily on fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal). Nevertheless, the temperature increase would be 2.3degC at best.

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