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    sich dieser Tage in diese Richtung. Die Russen sind nicht zu bezwingen, der Ukraine gehen die Mittel aus – der französische Präsident Macron bekräftigte indes seine Bereitschaft, auch französische Bodentruppen zu entsenden. Das wäre das allerletzte Mittel, damit dieser Krieg weitergehen kann. Er wird dann nicht einfach nur weitergehen, sondern sich vergrößern und sein todbringendes Handwerk nach...

  2. Newsletter XVIII 2024 - April 28th to May 4th - News+ Hubris of the West: Three decades of chaos and decline

    whereupon radioactive aerosols were released and contaminated dust and contaminated helium were released into the environment in unknown quantities. Near the reactor, 50.000 becquerels of radiation were measured per square meter of soil caused by radioactive graphite dust. The operator initially kept quiet about the incident and later described the impact on the environment as not...

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

    that should no longer be mined and burned Hands off: If climate protection is to work, humanity must leave part of the world's oil and gas reserves unused in the ground. But which? A new atlas of “unburnable oil” now shows this for petroleum reserves. In it, researchers classified the existing oil reserves according to the extent to which their...

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

    for about a year. Win-win: energy through photovoltaics and increasing fruit yields. Hansjörg Vollmer can also observe changes - compared to the reference area without modules. The soil in the fields under the PV modules is looser in summer and does not dry out as quickly. The leaves are also greener, says Vollmer. There is a big difference, especially with plums...

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

    and Majak: cancer, blood diseases, damage to the genetic material." "Disposal" of nuclear waste and the investigation reports 33 million cubic meters of liquid radioactive waste were simply pressed into the ground - in water-bearing layers. Near the Tom River, the radioactivity is up to 30 times as high high as the normal background radiation. "In addition, elevated levels were found in the ground...

  6. Newsletter

    Nuclear war escalates. It remains to be seen whether this expectation will be realized if the war in Ukraine is not ended but is further escalated through the delivery of more extensive weapons systems or even through the deployment of ground troops from NATO countries. Today, however, there is another factor that is important for the living conditions of humanity as a whole, and its importance...

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

    DWD doubles the water absorption capacity for every ten degrees Celsius increase in temperature. Surface water evaporates more quickly, plants draw more water from the soil due to the longer summers and people's water consumption also increases in hot weather. So it's high time to think about sustainable water strategies... * Federal Council | Subsidies | Sanctions, subsidy reduction and...

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

    he accidentally reached for the emergency release pin. The Mark 6 nuclear bomb fell on the B-47's bomb bay doors, and the weight pushed the doors open, causing the bomb to fall 4.600 m (15.000 ft) to the ground... Translated with https://www.DeepL.com /Translator (free version) Broken Arrow incidents The US Department of Defense has identified at least 32 "Broken Arrow" incidents between 1950 and...

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

    can accumulate and was discovered during the response to the initial incident. In other words, there were no protection systems in place to prevent solution leakage from occurring at the bottom of an elevator shaft in the facility. The result of material accumulating in a confined space could be a criticality incident. Translation with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free...

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

    is contaminated. This corresponds to the size of an average country in Europe. Ukraine is currently experiencing the worst environmental disaster in terms of soil pollution in terms of time. Toxic elements such as lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury seep into the ground from ammunition and weapons. If potential areas of contamination are not identified and recorded in a timely manner,...

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

    Government of Vermont were three to twelve times higher than would be expected from the entry of nuclear weapons tests and the Chernobyl disaster. The operator Entergy then announced that it wanted to remove the soil and dispose of it as nuclear waste. On August 27, 2013, despite the extended license, the owner Entergy announced that the nuclear power plant would be shut down in 2014 because the...

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

    one to the right of the driver. The third person is standing on the loading area in the middle, with a chainsaw at his feet. The driver stops deep in the jungle. Where a massive tree lies felled on the ground. Its diameter is a good 3 meters at its thickest point. Michael - for reasons of source protection, only first names are shown here - stands in front of it and proudly explains how he...

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

    On February 2, 1966, representatives of the American and Spanish nuclear authorities agreed only on a limited decontamination program. In one operation, approximately 1400 tons of soil from radioactively contaminated tomato plantations were removed and transported to the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina on the ship USNS Boyce for disposal... January 16th...

  14. 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

    to create space. Sebastião Salgado's father also had almost all the trees cut down to turn the area into pasture. 1200 cattle recently grazed on the farm. They trampled over the red clay soil around the waterholes until they dried up and the ground became hard like cement. When his son Sebastião took over the farm, it barely brought in any money because there was far too little water and so on...

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

    Newsletter I 2024 January 1st to 6th *** 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 made public through official channels, so this information is only made available to the public in a roundabout way...

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

    the right to housing, the right to access the healthcare system and many more. In addition to water, they also wanted to privatize public spaces such as squares and beaches. So the floor. They seem to want to privatize everything except the air we breathe. It was an attempt to deepen the 1980 constitution of the dictator Pinochet... * CO2 emissions | CCS | 1,5 degree negative...

  17. 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”

    South Africa begins procuring new nuclear power As the second unit of the Koeberg nuclear power plant goes offline for extended maintenance, the South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has confirmed that it is embarking on the procurement of new nuclear power capacity with an output of 2500 MWe and will publish tenders by March 2024. The...

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

    to Germany... * Greenpeace | Ocean | Deep sea mining Greenpeace activists on occupation: “Deep sea mining destroys oceans” Two activists want to stop a ship from searching the Pacific floor for raw materials. They say deep sea mining is like the oil industry. taz: The Canadian company “The Metals Company” is exploring the seabed in the deep sea off the Pacific island of Nauru,...

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

    Newsletter XLVII 2023 November 19th to 25th *** 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...

  20. 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

    A comprehensive atlas of the Arctic permafrost region and its socio-economic aspects was created and published. The maps not only show the current and future state of the permafrost, but also how many people live in the Nunataryuk area today and how their economy, environment and lives will change. By 2050, half of all settlements and...

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