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

    Theoretically, it is certain that there will be many hundreds of thousands of years. [...] Humanity must not only finally begin to rapidly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, but also drive forward the expansion of negative emissions at a record pace. Both are a race against time. A race against climate change. * Agriculture | Transformation | diesel | Pawn catcher “At the...

  2. 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”

    for climate protection? COP28 “Economically an absolute zero” Negotiations were tough until recently at the COP28 world climate conference in Dubai. It was about phasing out coal, gas and oil and expanding renewables. Nuclear energy hardly played a role. Nevertheless, an initiative by around 20 countries caused quite a stir. The states, including France, the USA and...

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

    become. Then parliament votes on a bill from the opposition - the FDP group in the state parliament wants to change the Thuringian Forest Act, the Liberals are bothered by the expansion of wind power. There are many indications that they will enforce the law against the red-red-green minority government with votes from the entire opposition - including with the consent of the right-wing extremist Thuringians...

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

    The goal is also to double energy efficiency. This means that less energy will be required to produce goods or services. A group of around 20 countries called for the expansion of nuclear power. The aim is to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, it said. The USA, France, Great Britain, among others, are involved in the joint declaration...

  5. THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023

    to keep. Manfred Fishick, President of the renowned Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, has proven that green hydrogen produced in the Federal Republic of Germany would ultimately be cheaper and more ecological with a consistent expansion of alternative energy than to produce hydrogen at great expense in Namibia and then reduce it by half to transport the globe. For a timely...

  6. Newsletter XLVII 2023 - November 19th to 25th - News+ Spectacular setback for the development of small nuclear reactors in the USA - The dead horse

    On Tuesday, even before Xi arrived in the United States, both countries released a concerted statement about their future cooperation on climate protection. China did not promise to end its expansion of coal-fired power generation or even to phase out coal. However, both countries said they would “make efforts to increase global renewable energy capacity by...

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

    to avoid the debt brake. It is likely to particularly affect energy transition projects whose financing is now in jeopardy. It's about such central things as promoting the expansion of renewable energy, building a charging infrastructure for electric cars, renovating the ailing Deutsche Bahn or natural climate protection, for example by restoring moors. [...] The climate-friendly...

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

    can, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de November 11th Renewables | Electricity price | CO2 price Less dependent on gas Renewable energies should reduce electricity prices The expansion of renewable energy in Germany is not making as much progress as hoped. In doing so, it would ensure that the price of electricity generally falls, explains electricity market expert Huneke from Agora Energiewende....

  9. 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

    THTR newsletter is published by the 'BI Environmental Protection Hamm' and is financed by donations. - The THTR newsletter has now become a highly regarded information medium. However, ongoing costs arise from expanding the website and printing additional information sheets. - The THTR newsletter researches and reports in detail. In order for us to do this,...

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

    of October 7, there is no room for a balanced approach. Hamas must be wiped from the face of the earth! Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen * Wind power | EU Commission | Wind energy expansion EU Commission is boosting the European wind industry with immediate measures Since the expansion of wind energy in the EU has so far lagged behind the targets, the Commission has presented a new package of measures....

  11. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    on the founding of the party for which the association is supposed to serve, as it is said... * Bavaria | Renewables | Wind power Renewable energies: State forests are planning to build 500 wind turbines in Bavaria There are differences in the coalition when it comes to expanding wind power: CSU Forestry Minister Kaniber says that FW boss Aiwanger should be better informed and "not just bubbling something into the world". The...

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

    and would create national unity again. Shortly before the attack, Netanyahu had assured that there was no threat from the Gaza Strip... * Bavaria | Baden-Württemberg | Wind power Expansion of wind power in southern Germany: Söder misses the energy transition The expansion of wind power is making progress. But it cannot be the case that Bavaria and the green-governed Baden-Württemberg step on the brakes...

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

    M. deltoideus" is available... * For those who decide at short notice: Nuclear waste conference The nationwide nuclear waste conference will take place in Göttingen on Saturday, October 7th, with an additional working group on the expansion plans for Gronau and Lingen as well as the planned Castor transports Jülich-Ahaus. * October 7, 1957 (INES 5 | NAMS 4,6) Windscale/Sellafield nuclear factory, GBR A fire ignited plutonium and produced...

  14. Newsletter XXXIX 2023 - September 24th to 30th - News+ “Populist, verbally radical, ethnic” – and no end in sight

    But there are currently too few of them and they are too expensive. Or not? Three companies that prove the opposite. Berlin – The energy transition in Germany depends largely on the expansion of capacities for renewable electricity. Solar and wind are the main sources of green electricity, but hydropower and biomass also play a role. The Federal Government's hope: By expanding the...

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

    is outdated and therefore not sustainable. In a brochure published today, the German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND) explains what mistakes are being made in the current plans to expand motorways and federal highways and shows how sustainable mobility could be achieved. A change of direction is necessary in order to finally actively shape the future of mobility in Germany...

  16. Newsletter XXXVII 2023 - September 10th to 16th - News+ How Germany is ruining the climate with billions in gifts to industry

    THTR newsletter is published by the 'BI Environmental Protection Hamm' and is financed by donations. - The THTR newsletter has now become a highly regarded information medium. However, ongoing costs arise from expanding the website and printing additional information sheets. - The THTR newsletter researches and reports in detail. In order for us to do this,...

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

    British wind turbines already had a capacity of over 28 gigawatts last year, and the trend is rising rapidly. * Great Britain | Hinkley Point | Construction time | Cost increase for nuclear power expansion in Great Britain: England's radiant C-side citizens are suing against the Sizewell C nuclear power plant. The government wants to build it despite safety concerns. [...] The British government sees...

  18. Newsletter XXXV 2023 - August 27 to September 2 - News+ Historic victory: Ecuador becomes the first country to say no to oil

    4) Tōkaimura Nuclear Plant, JPN * We are looking for current information. If you can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de September 2nd Climate protection | Agriculture | Solar expansion Solar package limits agriculture's contribution to climate protection Agriculture could contribute much more to climate protection than the federal government's solar package allows, says the co-inventor...

  19. Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years

    Farmers are also becoming energy farmers. As of July 2023, Germany has already produced 66 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. There will be many more in the future, as the expansion of wind energy is now finally set to happen more quickly. Sun and wind are the key energy sources of tomorrow. Through electricity storage and power lines from the windy north to Bavaria and...

  20. Newsletter XXXIII 2023 - August 13th to 19th - News+ Military coup in Niger: Uranium mining and environmental destruction as deeper reasons?

    Or do you want to pass the costs on to all consumers nationwide? Then customers of municipal utilities who have no or hardly any wind turbines in their network would also pay for the expansion of the infrastructure in other parts of Germany through their network fees. The head of the Federal Network Agency recently supported this. * Drinking water | Ocean | Seawater desalination Desalinating water: Oceans - the new...