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    sind ein guter Standard. In "benachteiligten Gebieten" – Agrarflächen mit geringer Ertragskraft – sind jetzt grundsätzlich Solar-Freiflächenanlagen erlaubt. Das ist ein großer Fortschritt. Die Länder können die Flächenkulisse nur per Landesgesetz einschränken, wenn sie den Ausbau unbedingt anders steuern wollen. Die Vergütung für mittelgroße Photovoltaikanlagen von 40 bis 750 Kilowatt auf...

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

    Ausbau der humanitären Hilfe in dem abgeriegelten Küstenstreifen gefordert. In einem Telefonat mit dem israelischen Ministerpräsidenten Benjamin Netanyahu habe Biden betont, dass die jüngsten Fortschritte bei den Hilfslieferungen in voller Abstimmung mit den humanitären Organisationen fortgesetzt und verstärkt werden müssten, teilte das Weiße Haus mit. Biden habe unter anderem auf die...

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

    zwischen den reichsten zehn Prozent der Bevölkerung und den ärmsten 50 Prozent hat sich fast verdoppelt. Die derzeitige globale wirtschaftliche Entwicklung stellt eine ernsthafte Bedrohung für Fortschritte hin zu mehr Gleichheit dar. [...] Es ist schon einmal gelungen Ein häufiger Einwand ist, dass Milliardäre ihr Vermögen problemlos in Länder mit niedrigen Steuersätzen verlagern können, um der...

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

    energies generated. According to a KfW study, this is a “new record”. However, the development bank criticizes that the pace is still too slow. According to the state development bank KfW, Europe is making progress towards decarbonization in the electricity sector. According to a new study by KfW, around 2023 percent of electricity in the European Union will be generated from renewables in 44. This is a "new...

  5. Newsletter

    The wind turbines used to generate electricity are becoming ever higher and more powerful. Over the last 20 years, their output has increased from two megawatts to around 15 megawatts. Thanks to further advances in construction technology, this should even reach 20 megawatts per wind turbine in a few years. There are currently wind turbines with a total output of 28 gigawatts (28.000...

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

    Growth in a world with finite resources is an illusion that many of us grew up with. The goddess of light decorated the old power plants. In the name of revamped progress, we happily continue to consume and - within reach of war and environmental catastrophe - feed on the beneficial illusion of freedom. And as usual, they are putting a strain on the planet with their stubbornness...

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

    is likely to be contrary to international law and undermine trust in Western currencies... * Lobbying | LobbyControl | Party donation LobbyControl certifies that the traffic light government has made significant progress. Stricter rules for civil servants, a lobby footprint for laws: the government's work is impressive, says LobbyControl. “Blatant deficiencies” remained with party donations. The organization LobbyControl...

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

    BDEW also draws a different conclusion about the energy transition: the conditions for the expansion of renewables in the electricity sector have improved significantly. There is also “noticeable progress” in the power grid. The BDEW does not see a “supply gap” in the electricity system, as feared by the Federal Audit Office... * Israel | repression | Anti-Semitism Solidarity with which Israel? Israeli...

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

    But some young people no longer want to accept this. [...] »We Thais love plastic things, we are crazy about them. I think for us it is a sign of civilization, progress and hygiene," says Chompupischaya Saiboonyadis, who everyone calls Sa. “Plastic is so practical, so cheap!” Sa is 23 years old, studies economics and is one of the representatives of a young...

  10. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    The burden when applying was that money laundering is more widespread in Germany than in many other EU countries. An international expert committee confirmed that Germany had made progress in the summer of 2022, but still sees a need for action. Above all, there is still a lack of effective law enforcement. Lindner wants to use the different competencies within the national...

  11. Newsletter LII 2023 - December 24th to 31st - News+ Nuclear power fantasy fails due to desolate industry

    to stop using fossil fuels. Nevertheless, it took 28 climate conferences before the world's governments recognized this in an official document. In purely factual terms, this is progress and “historic”. The celebrated compromise is not one between states and the different interests of their populations, but rather between short-term financial interests...

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

    and built 700 MWe pressurized water reactor, the second in a series of sixteen units, the first of which - Unit 3 of the Kakrapar project - was commissioned earlier this year. [...] Progress in Chutka Separately, State Minister Jitendra Singh has confirmed that the land for the two 700 MWe PHWRs to be built in Chutka has been acquired and transferred to the NPCIL...

  13. 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”

    destroy structures. Political opponents are labeled as animals and thus verbally dehumanized. In the hate speech of the agitators, dissidents mutate into pigs, spiders and ticks. Progressive democratic forces are first defamed as enemies of the people and then persecuted, imprisoned or murdered at will by the military and other violent thugs. These are financially good...

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

    annual balance of carbon dioxide emissions and atmospheric CO2 levels – including now. While climate protection, compensation payments and a lack of progress are being discussed at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, global measurement data and models are providing facts. Already in the run-up to the conference, new records were set for atmospheric greenhouse gas levels, while...

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

    to debate climate protection measures - or "the fate of humanity", to put it in the pathetic words of UN Secretary General António Guterres. It's about the progress made so far, the energy transition that needs to be managed and the question of what fair climate protection, and even fair coexistence in the world, actually looks like. At the same time, negotiations have been going on for months...

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

    According to associations, they made little progress. According to participants, the third round of negotiations for a globally binding agreement to curb plastic waste ended without any significant progress. The representatives of the around 170 UN member states had “stood still” in the seven-day talks, said WWF Germany. An official announcement from...

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

    does not flourish when the world lives in peace and nations work together in harmony. We trade real revolution for the feeling of being revolutionary If advanced AI were programmed to direct human behavior solely to make the most profit from existing technologies, this world would...

  18. 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

    The world is “underfinanced and unprepared,” UNEP director Inger Andersen warned on Thursday when presenting the report at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi. According to the report, progress on climate adaptation is slowing across the board, even though it should be accelerating to keep up with the increasingly dire consequences of climate change. The actual...

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

    big to fail). This huge pink elephant is always there, eating, grinning and being ignored. The third part is mainly about the hope that everything will be okay. Climate, medicine, progress. A hefty dose of pro-nuclear propaganda that rehashes all the sweet lies of the nuclear industry that MiK has been feeding us for two generations. No heat producing power plant can...

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

    stands next to a coke factory; hydrogen and carbon dioxide are extracted from the exhaust gases from coke production. Ómar Sigurbjörnsson from Carbon Recycling International still speaks of progress. Methanol in China is usually obtained from coal gasification, which is associated with significantly higher emissions. The facility in China has allowed Carbon Recycling International to...

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