1. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    K-8 lies at a depth of around 4500 meters... List of submarine accidents since 1945 The list of submarine accidents since 1945 documents submarines that have been lost since the end of the Second World War (Japan's surrender on September 2, 1945). accidents or combat operations were lost or suffered serious damage. Of the lost ships, at least nine were nuclear powered, some with...

  2. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    and JEIL Partners Ltd of South Korea, Lloyd's Register and Core Power of the United Kingdom, BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC, TerraPower and Westinghouse of the United States, Onomichi Dockyard of Japan, VARD Group of Norway, Bureau Veritas of France and RINA of Italy. * Israel | war crimes | Gaza Oops, a war crime: West outraged because aid workers killed by Israel...

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    August 29, 2023 - Sustainability has lost its importance with the triumph of the nuclear lobby June 24, 2023 - Who fuels the war and profits from it May 31, 2023 - Despite the risk of earthquakes, Japan extends the life of nuclear reactors February 24, 2023 - Toxic gases, forest fires, Oil slick * The search engine Ecosia plants trees! https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=Financing military-industrial...

  4. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    The radicalization of the party can be traced from Höcke's position in the AfD... * March 12, 2011 (INES 3) Akw Fukushima II Daini, JPN Wikipedia Chronologie_der_Katastrophe_in_Japan_von_2011 Due to the great Tōhoku earthquake on March 11, 2011 and the subsequent tsunami There was an automatic shutdown in all 2 reactor blocks at the Fukushima-Daini nuclear power plant (Fukushima 4). At the...

  5. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    and completely automated... * Fukushima | Pacific | Radiation exposure | GRS 13th anniversary of Fukushima: an overview of the current work at the site On March 11, 2011, the worst reactor disaster since Chernobyl occurred in Japan as a result of the Tohoku earthquake and the resulting tsunami: Units 1 to 4 of the nuclear power plant (NPP) Fukushima Daiichi were...

  6. Newsletter IX 2024 - February 25th to March 2nd - News+ Deceptively real AI videos: What if we can no longer believe anything?

    It imported waste from western industrialized countries and became a major buyer after China stopped importing plastic and electronic waste almost overnight in 2018. From then on, plastic from the USA, Japan and Europe polluted the coasts. After all, this should now come to an end after a transition period: From 2025, Thailand no longer wants to accept plastic scrap from other countries. "That is...

  7. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    prove war crimes. So it's also about freedom of the press, which the Greens have always and vehemently campaigned for. But in the Assange case they have largely fallen silent... * Japan | Gross domestic product | Economy of the world's largest economies Japan is falling behind Germany Japan is also in recession. Because the yen is so weak, the country is falling in the rankings...

  8. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    discovered the leak by accident. According to the nuclear power plant operator, the surrounding area was not contaminated. Nevertheless, measures must be taken. According to the operator, around 5500 liters of radioactive water escaped from a leak at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. However, no signs of contamination were found around the facility, said a spokeswoman for...

  9. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    separated. According to UNRWA, two more are dead. Several countries, including the USA and Germany, have stopped their payments to the aid agency in light of the allegations... January 28th Japan | Fukushima | Fuel elements | Fukushima Daiichi Third postponement Salvage of the fuel elements from Fukushima Daiichi postponed for the third time The recovery of the melted fuel elements from...

  10. Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?

    Cracks were discovered in the impellers of the feedwater pumps on the turbine island, causing further delays. Translation with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) * Japan | Takahama | Takahama Nuclear Power Plant 1 Steam leak discovered in Japan's Takahama NPP A steam leak was discovered in a pipe in Unit 1 of Japan's Takahama Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture, and...

  11. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    Power of the Brics states The Brics states today account for 30 percent of global economic output, the G7's is lower - and the trend is against the USA, Germany, Japan and Co. [...] The "War on Terror ", which the United States started under President Bush in 2001 and continues to this day in the Arab and African regions, was not, as the White House...

  12. Newsletter II 2024 - January 7th to 13th - News+ SMR: US developers of mini-nuclear power plants under pressure - class action lawsuit by shareholders against NuScale Power

    - failed badly against the NPD because the party was riddled with too many informants. A second application for a ban against the NPD was also rejected by the Federal Constitutional Court in 2017... * Japan | Earthquake | Shika Nuclear Power Plant After a strong earthquake in Japan: An echo of Fukushima Another earthquake and a tsunami hit a Japanese nuclear power plant hard. The events spark new...

  13. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    fission bomb. The People's Republic of China, which has often supported North Korean positions in the past, condemned the test in clear terms. At the request of the USA and Japan, the United Nations Security Council then convened an emergency meeting. On January 10, 2016, a US B-52 bomber flew over South Korea, which was seen internationally as a reaffirmation...

  14. Newsletter LII 2023 - December 24th to 31st - News+ Nuclear power fantasy fails due to desolate industry

    will require an investment of about $800 to $900 billion worldwide, based on 2023 prices... Translated with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) * Japan | TEPCO | Kashiwazaki-Kariwa security breaches eradicated? Japan lifts operating ban on world's largest nuclear power plant Kashiwazaki-Kariwa is the world's largest nuclear power plant. After the disaster of...

  15. Newsletter LI 2023 - December 17th to 23rd - Current news + steps towards climate change, unsettled OPEC and loving politics

    Energies. The phase-out of electricity generation from brown coal is legally agreed in 2038. Because of its high carbon dioxide emissions, lignite is more harmful to the climate than other energy sources. *Japan | Defense industry | Weapons exports Rockets for Ukraine Japan is increasingly turning its back on the pacifism of the post-war period: business in the arms industry should be boosted. TOKYO...

  16. Newsletter L 2023 - December 10th to 16th - News+ The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the Future”

    In addition to more stable prices, the innovations are intended to promote the expansion of renewable energies. The compromise still needs to be formally confirmed by the EU Parliament and the countries... * Japan | Corruption | LDP parties, bribes and slush funds – things are getting uncomfortable for Japan's head of government. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has long been unpopular. Now a...

  17. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    in which a United States Navy Douglas A-4E Skyhawk fighter aircraft equipped with a nuclear weapon (hydrogen bomb) crashed into the sea off Japan from the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga. The plane, pilot and weapon were never recovered. The Accident On December 5, 1965, 31 days after the Ticonderoga left the US naval base at Subic Bay in the Philippines, the...

  18. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    in the USA and in favor of expanding oil and gas production in the USA. Chevron is also committed to issuing new offshore mining licenses in the USA. The Japanese steel company Nippon is campaigning against a carbon dioxide tax and against coal-free steel production in its own country. The Spanish energy company Repsol is lobbying against the ban on cars with...

  19. Newsletter XLIV 2023 - October 29th to November 4th - News+ Uranium exports from Lingen to Russia violate EU law - study by the Greens justifies the possibility of a ban

    3000 technicians are on duty. Even before the severe storms on Thursday night, the electricity supplier had relocated materials and personnel to the affected regions... November 1st Japan | Term extension | Nuclear supervision | Sendai Sendai units in operation for another 20 years The Japanese Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA) has suspended the operation of Units 1 and 2 of the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant...

  20. Newsletter XLIII 2023 - October 22nd to 28th - News+ Municipal utilities are leaving the Future Gas lobby association

    The whistleblower is accused of violating official secrets - an absurd process, because the leaflet was not distributed secretly, but intentionally, in public... * Japan | Fukushima | Radioactivity Two Fukushima workers in hospital after contact with radioactive liquid When a drain hose came loose, four workers at the damaged nuclear power plant were...