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

    inszenieren wie zuletzt den ersten Spatenstich für eine neue Munitionsfabrik von Rheinmetall in Unterlüß. Kanzler Olaf Scholz persönlich, Bundesverteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius sowie Dänemarks Premierministerin Mette Frederiksen waren zu dem Termin im Februar angereist. [...] »Ins gute Licht gerückt wird der Konzern vor allem dadurch, dass seine Produkte nun vor allem gute Zwecke, die...

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

    However, they also use nuclear power. A narrow majority of 14 EU states are now members of a nuclear power alliance under French leadership. Countries such as Germany, Austria and Denmark currently reject nuclear power. However, they were outvoted several times in the Council of EU Member States when it came to funding for power plants or new nuclear technologies... IMHO Nothing...

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

    with the construction of a 10.000 foot (around 3 km) long runway and an associated base. This was put into operation on March 1, 1951[2] on the basis of the Thulesag 2 agreement between the United States and Denmark. During the Cold War, the base initially served the Strategic Air Command as a base for B-36 and B-47 long-range bombers before being used in the 1950s and 1960s...

  4. 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

    East to extensive failures in electricity and natural gas networks. * Decarbonization | Shipping | Methanol Maersk and Goldwind sign contract for green methanol for 12 ships Copenhagen, Denmark – Logistics major AP Moller-Maersk has set itself the goal of using new technologies, new ships and environmentally friendly fuels throughout the company by 2040...

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

    said the government in Ankara. This violates international agreements on crossing the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, which belong to Turkey, during wartime... * Energy transition | Denmark | Norway | Electricity imports Energy transition: Where Germany gets most of its electricity from Energy and climate – compact: New green electricity record in 2023. Wind power on the rise, coal-fired power plants on the...

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

    Nuclear power plantsPlag Greifswald/Lubmin (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) "It was like a miracle," said a safety engineer employed at the time, that "large parts of northern Germany, Denmark and Sweden" were not radioactively contaminated." A cable network caught fire due to an operating error. All protection systems failed: the emergency power supply, the emergency cooling system and the...

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

    make. The Danish Queen will come to the inauguration ceremony. What makes the project so special? And: Is it a role model for Northern Germany? The small town of Esbjerg is located in the southwest of Denmark, directly on the North Sea. Around 70.000 people live there. Having become rich through oil deposits off the coast, the city is now relying on the offshore wind industry: the port is a transshipment point for...

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

    In this country there are only 1000 devices per 38 households, while in Norway there are 625, in Sweden 503 and in Finland 438. These Scandinavian countries, together with Denmark, generally lead the rankings in the index. [...] Intelligent electricity meters and the associated interfaces are considered key components for the control and billing of decentralized...

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

    conducted in Frankfurt. “The population register entries for Basay-Yildiz were queried there. And apparently without any official reason.”... * Exit | Electricity imports | Wind energy from Denmark After the nuclear phase-out: Who is Germany's largest electricity supplier? Energy and climate – compact: Germany is once again a net importer of electricity. A popular narrative says that we are mostly French...

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

    between a bank ATM that dispenses bloody (and oily) bills and the fossil fuel industry, personified by a man with an oil can on his head... * Denmark | Offshore | Energy generation from offshore wind farms: How Denmark became Germany's energy supplier After the end of cheap gas from Russia, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is relying on energy generation...

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

    There are stationary border controls." If a person asks for asylum at the border, then the asylum application must be examined in Germany. The protection of the EU’s external borders remains crucial. * Denmark | Asylum seeker | Refugee Europe's strictest asylum policy How Denmark has reduced its refugee numbers Refugees and migrants are increasingly dominating the debate in Germany. In doing so...

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

    Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki published a proposal that could cut global chemical production more than ever before. Environmental authorities from five countries - Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden - have presented a plan that would severely restrict the production of more than 12 substances. They are available as per- and polyfluorinated...

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

    Promote soils. And this is in Greenland, where the project raises hopes that the income from mining mineral resources could provide the economic basis that is still missing for independence from Denmark. More than half of the global reserves of the sought-after metals are said to be located here. The project is scheduled to be implemented as early as 2024. [...] Greenland and Denmark are also threatened...

  14. 1960 to 1969 - INES, NAMS and other events

    with the construction of a 10.000 foot (around 3 km) long runway and an associated base. This was put into operation on March 1, 1951[2] on the basis of the Thulesag 2 agreement between the United States and Denmark. During the Cold War, the base initially served the Strategic Air Command as a base for B-36 and B-47 long-range bombers before being used in the 1950s and 1960s...

  15. 1970 to 1979 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Nuclear power plantsPlag Greifswald/Lubmin (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) "It was like a miracle," said a safety engineer employed at the time, that "large parts of northern Germany, Denmark and Sweden" were not radioactively contaminated." A cable network caught fire due to an operating error. All protection systems failed: the emergency power supply, the emergency cooling system and the...

  16. 1990 to 1999 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Reactor coolant is essential. (Costs?) Nuclear Power Accidents Nuclear power plantsPlag Barsebäck (Sweden) Risks and accidents The Barsebäck nuclear power plant was considered particularly dangerous, especially in neighboring Denmark, as it is only 20 km away from its capital Copenhagen on the other side of the Öresund. The Øresund is one of the busiest waterways in Europe, and the...

  17. Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine

    to supply - which is why we have exported more electricity than we have imported this year and for 20 years. And the net electricity we import this year comes largely from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Yes, that is really true. See for yourself. I'll show you all the numbers and, as always, with links so that you can check for yourself: OUR POWER MIX HAS NEVER BEEN AS GREEN AS...

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

    Oskarshamn and Ringhals pose a great danger to the population of Sweden and its neighboring countries due to "technical deficiencies and a poor safety control culture"... June 28 Denmark | Offshore | Energy island offshore wind turbines Denmark postpones decision on controversial energy island A huge artificial island in the North Sea is intended to supply green electricity and hydrogen...

  19. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    of the earth are necessary to receive this energy,” says Hajimiri. “This allows us to send energy to remote places or those devastated by natural disasters or war.” * Denmark | Baltic Sea Wind | Offshore cooperation Bornholm Energy Island: Germany and Denmark commit themselves Offshore wind power is to be significantly expanded in the North and Baltic Seas; also the...

  20. Newsletter XXI 2023 - 21 to 27 May - News+ World Biodiversity Day: Will the plan to restore Europe's biodiversity fail?

    A lot has happened in the last few years. Which countries have succeeded in expanding solar or wind power? Where is there not just continuous growth, but a big leap? Vietnam, Denmark, Kenya, Portugal and Chile, for example, show under very different conditions that change is possible... * FDP | BILD newspaper | Heating law The whole truth about the heating law – and...

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