1. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    FREIBURG/BERLIN taz | The debate about nuclear energy never ends. Also because it is generally considered to be relatively climate-friendly: compared to coal and gas power plants, it causes fewer CO₂ emissions. Even in the IPCC report, despite its risks, nuclear energy is mentioned as a way to cover at least a small part of energy needs with low emissions. When on April 15, 2023 the...

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

    downplayed – and is now making record profits. It was a groundbreaking ruling that a Dutch court made three years ago in May: the oil company Shell was obliged to reduce CO₂ emissions by 2030 percent by 45 compared to 2019. According to the judges, this not only includes emissions from its natural gas and crude oil production, but also includes those to customers...

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

    had agreed to approve the new rules. The so-called fleet limits regulate how much climate-damaging CO₂ vehicles in the EU will be allowed to emit in the future. According to the agreement, CO₂ emissions from coaches and trucks should be reduced by 2040 percent by 2019 compared to 90. The European Parliament still has to approve the agreement that has now been agreed between the EU states...

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

    Umgebung wurden laut Polizei freigegeben. Der U-Bahnhof Bundestag wurde demnach geschlossen, an anderen U- und S-Bahnhöfen in der Innenstadt herrsche großer Andrang... * China | Solarenergie | CO₂-Emissionen 1.700 GWh pro Jahr Gigantischer Solarpark in China erzeugt Tag und Nacht Strom In China wurde ein gigantischer Solarpark in Betrieb genommen, der Tag und Nacht Strom produzieren kann. Die...

  5. 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”

    more expensive: European flagship nuclear power plant no longer receives funding The construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is a key element in the UK's strategy to reduce CO₂ emissions and increase its energy independence. The departure of an important investor is now disrupting all plans for a cheap electricity supply. Similar to France,...

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

    * United States | China | CO2 emissions Energy policy China is tipping - in the right direction The best news of this week has once again been almost overlooked: China's CO₂ emissions are expected to fall as early as 2024. And that's not all, as Xi Jinping's visit to the US showed. For the Chinese-American summit between Joe Biden and China's head of state...

  7. 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

    there is also hydrogen for locomotion. However, the latter should only be used at night when the sun is not shining. According to the developers, the solar zeppelin will fly completely without fossil fuels, noise and CO₂ emissions... * Severe weather | Atlantic coast Approaching storm "Ciarán" Storm brings floods - warnings for England and France In Northern Ireland and Ireland...

  8. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    There had been an explosion and a fire in which two workers were killed. According to the NGOs, the oil leak was already noticeable on July 4th... August 2nd Wind turbine | CO₂ emissions | Construction material Height of 1.500 meters possible Highest wooden wind turbine is more stable than steel The world's tallest wooden wind turbine is currently being built in Sweden. The wind power plant is at the same...

  9. Newsletter XXVI 2023 - June 25 to July 1 - News+ Two tips on how we can further strengthen the far-right AfD

    made possible by solar cells and solar modules, said Erfurt when asked... * Renewable versus fossil energies Although renewables are booming: 82 percent of the energy is fossil. The CO₂ emissions from global energy consumption continue to rise. A report shows that renewables are only slowly replacing oil, gas and coal. BERLIN taz | Despite the renewables boom, fossil...

  10. Newsletter XXII 2023 - May 28th to June 3rd - News+ Political style in Germany Please, strengthen the AfD

    Human influence on temperature changes in the atmosphere has been proven. According to a new measurement method, temperature changes in the middle to upper stratosphere were undoubtedly caused by human CO₂ emissions. Livermore (USA). In science, differences in the temperature trends of the lowest layer of the atmosphere (troposphere) and the stratosphere have long been...

  11. Newsletter XV 2023 - April 9th ​​to 15th - News+ Traffic light climate, Switzerland as a role model and the better alternative to e-fuels

    | Electricity price Nuclear power plants do not make economic sense According to some politicians, nuclear power plants should replace power plants with fossil fuels in the fight against climate change in order to reduce CO₂ emissions. A study now shows that this does not make economic sense. Instead, investments in wind, water, and solar energy significantly more Nuclear energy is often...

  12. Newsletter X 2023 - March 5th to 11th - News+ Dangerous toxins: Which products contain PFAS

    The 17th century predicts a Mars year for 2023 - and "the Martian year has the hottest summers ever," says the 100-year calendar. * CO2 emissions | Renewable energies CO₂ emissions at a new high In 2022, more climate-damaging gases were emitted in the energy sector than ever before, even if the expansion of renewable technologies led to an even greater increase in...

  13. Newsletter III 2023 - January 15-21 - News+ Climate Scam - Exxon knew it all

    and the opposition for years longer. The political pressure to further weaken the postponed nuclear phase-out will become stronger again next spring... * Speed ​​limit | CO₂ emissions | Road traffic effect greater than previously thought New study: Speed ​​limit could avoid millions of tons of CO₂ emissions The discussion about a speed limit on German motorways continues....

  14. Newsletter XLII 2022 - October 23rd to 27th - News+ The fairy tale with primary energy consumption

    Buy millions of euros. This emerges from a statement from the Ministry of Economic Affairs; an exact amount is not mentioned. Specifically, it is about exceeding climate-damaging CO₂ emissions outside of European emissions trading, especially in the transport and building sectors... * Putin | Uranium dependence | Nuclear industry No sanctions for nuclear industry Millions for Putin:...

  15. Newsletter V 2022 - February 01st to 07th - News+ Nuclear energy brings France a fiasco - and is still a religion

    Interested parties can register in March - but some big players are still missing. * Energy transition EU Court of Auditors confirms: Support for fossil fuels hinders energy transition The EU wants to significantly reduce CO₂ emissions by 2030. But EU states are still promoting climate-damaging fossil energies with a total of 55 billion euros per year. *** Top of page Current news + background knowledge ***...

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