1. Newsletter XVII 2024 - April 21st to 27th - News+ Reform of the Climate Protection Act: One step forward, two steps back

    "Mr. Cum-Ex" Hanno Berger, who fled to Switzerland, is in court in Germany. The tax lawyer was finally sentenced to eight years in prison before the Bonn regional court. Brorhilker's investigations also received public attention because they reached high politics. The findings surrounding the Hamburg private bank MM Warburg ultimately brought Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz into...

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

    for several years (see Figure 1). Environmental and climate-oriented lawyers as well as citizens and environmental associations have discovered the judiciary as a weapon in climate protection. In doing so, they are drawing attention to the climate crisis - and putting politicians and CEOs under pressure. It is not unlikely that they will be successful, at least in the long term. Current news + background knowledge...

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    an election victory was certain. The completely inadequate climate policy is now likely to continue - without opposition, let alone serious political opponents in the country. Azerbaijan received attention in the German media in 2017 when it became known that various financial payments from the petrostate had flowed to CDU and CSU politicians. The public prosecutor's office took...

  4. Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany

    what is necessary from his point of view. ZDF: What effect do figures as dramatic as today have? Anders Levermann: "I've been doing this for 21 years, we've seen ups and downs in public attention. The fact is that climate change is being discussed incorrectly. It's not about harming the economy. It's not about doing without. It's about about initiating structural change. We have to...

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

    The police in the city of Charleston said that 62-year-old John Barnett probably killed himself in front of a hotel in the state of South Carolina, citing "the worldwide attention" that the whistleblower had attracted. Barnett was in Charleston testifying against Boeing at the time of his death. Barnett spent more than three decades as a quality manager...

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

    According to the article, it took place 1600 kilometers away at an unspecified location. In the wake of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine since February 2022, media attention has increased on the use of AI for military purposes. In Germany, both the Bundeswehr and the private arms industry are intensively involved in the development and...

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

    with which we have already reached the 1,5 degree limit. What will happen next with the global climate? Schellnhuber: What happened last year in terms of climate was shocking. Public attention is primarily focused on the extreme events that are increasing due to global warming, which is well known. There is less media interest in the signs that the climate system as a whole is...

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

    concerns. The majority of the council believes that everything can be easily controlled and that a nuclear deal with Putin is completely OK - the main thing is jobs in Lingen... February 8th Media | Attention | Right-wing extremists | Enemies of democracy The AfD has long been planning for the “day after” The AfD doesn’t just provoke. She deals with the day after. These fantasies are terrifying. The number and...

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

    According to their own statements, the activists want to “visit places of fossil destruction for our protest”. The group attracted nationwide attention with its protests in museums, stadiums and ministries. In several cities, the activists temporarily paralyzed traffic on important roads. These often stuck to the asphalt in order to maximize the time until the...

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

    relies, among other things, on financial investigations in the fight against right-wing extremism. Donors should not expect to remain undetected. Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants to focus more attention on the financial flows in right-wing extremist circles. “It is a high priority for us to illuminate and uncover the personal and financial connections in right-wing extremist networks,”...

  11. 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

    a member of the Bundestag and a personal advisor to Alice Weidel. The research fuels the discussion about a possible AfD party ban, which has been going on for weeks anyway. A second instrument of "defensive democracy" has received less attention so far: the forfeiture of fundamental rights in accordance with Article 18 of the Basic Law (GG)... * Fascists | Expulsion | Violence historian: the...

  12. 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”

    Newsletter L 2023 December 10th to 16th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

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

    Newsletter XLIX 2023 December 3rd to 9th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current information + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

  14. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    Newsletter XLVI 2023 November 12th to 18th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

  15. Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?

    Newsletter XLV 2023 November 5th to 11th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

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

    U.S. from the Ballistic Missile Ban Treaty and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 2002 and 2019, respectively. But it is another reminder of the need to focus attention on dealing with the growing nuclear threat, especially in the face of war in Ukraine... October 26 climate crisis | WHO | Emergency climate crisis is...

  17. Newsletter XLI 2023 - October 8th to 14th - News+ India - Flood and destruction - the last generation is right

    Newsletter XLI 2023 October 8th to 14th... *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry . Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

  18. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    Newsletter XL 2023 October 1st to 7th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never made public through official channels, so this information is only made available to the public in a roundabout way...

  19. Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread

    “Yes, we are interrupting the Berlin Marathon. We can't run away from the climate catastrophe.” In fact, this Sunday's marathon is ideal when it comes to attracting attention. [...] So what?, one could reply. What is a best time anyway? It's not the end of the world if you miss it? That's right, if a dream like that shatters, it's nothing...

  20. Newsletter XXXVI 2023 - September 3rd to 9th - News+ Scientist predicts brutal “population correction” later this century

    Newsletter XXXVI 2023 3 to 9 September *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Current+ background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of the civil and military atomic industry . Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

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