In brief | 5 August ‘26

Montel: Bookings for German H2 pipeline network double to near 6 GWCapacity bookings for the large industrial clusters on Germany’s planned cross-country hydrogen pipeline network have doubled since mid-May to almost 6 gigawatt (GW), the country’s gas transmission system operators said. The Guardian: Major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisisEight of the biggest oil companies amassed profits of more than $90bn (£67bn) in just three months as the Iran conflict sent energy prices soaring and the emissions-fuelled climate crisis caused deadly heatwaves.Bloomberg: Romania blasts rock to redirect Danube flow to nuclear plantRomania’s military took unprecedented action to boost water flows toward the country’s sole nuclear power plant by detonating a rock formation in the Danube River.Bloomberg: Rhine falls to lowest since 1880, threatening European tradeThe Rhine River’s water levels dropped to the lowest in nearly 150 years as hot, dry weather grips Europe, threatening to disrupt a crucial route for transporting coal, fuel and industrial commodities across a large swath of the continent.The Guardian (Opinion): Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrousDroughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic.

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