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– and many more – visible. It's about the constantly growing pension funds that invest millions and billions all over the world - very often in companies that make their money from fossil fuels. In order to be able to distribute large amounts, pension funds are increasingly investing money in stocks, real estate and funds. At the federal level, Finance Minister Christian Lindner...
Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed
Ukraine wants to equip the “Abrams” tank planned for Ukraine with uranium-depleted, armor-piercing ammunition. The tanks that could fire it are currently in Germany... *** June 23rd Fossil Energy | Climate protection | Energy transition Remember: The big corporations have known about climate change for 50 years. In debates about climate protection, the focus is often on the responsibility of the individual...
Newsletter XXIV 2023 - June 11th to 17th - News+ How the West is losing the Global South
Germany. This makes Canada itself a victim of its own climate-damaging policies and economics. But there is no understanding, the economic focus continues to be in the fossil fuel economy... * Disinformation is the D in the DNA of the Friends of MiK Information about this accident only became public years later, and only very sparsely. June 17, 1997...
Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda
or compensated for which there are currently no good alternatives. This applies, for example, to six cement plants that exist in Switzerland. These emit carbon dioxide not only due to the use of fossil fuels, but also due to the chemical conversion processes in the production of cement clinker. Cement plants and other concentrated emission sources...
Formerly a restricted area for diamond mining in the desert, it is extremely dry and nothing grows except a few bushes. Here, in southwest Africa, there are two resources that are becoming increasingly important in a post-fossil world: lots of sun and lots of wind. This can be used to produce hydrogen cheaply, which can be converted into ammonia and exported to Europe and Germany...
the green electricity? Solar and wind expansion is a painfully slow project? Does not have to be. A new data set shows in which countries the electricity transition is successful. It is the beginning of the end of the fossil age, write the analysts. In 2023 the world will be at a historic turning point. The amount of greenhouse gases produced for the production of electricity could...
Newsletter XX 2023 - May 14th to 20th - News+ Heat waves hit poor neighborhoods particularly hard
unspektakulär. Allerdings wird das Wasser in Nechlin vor allem durch Wind erhitzt. In dem Ort in der Uckermark steht der erste Windwärmespeicher der Welt. Eigentlich ein Vorbild für Heizen ohne fossile Energien – und günstig. Nur: Das Nachahmen wird den Kommunen gerade per Gesetz extrem erschwert. [...] War laut EEG verboten: Einspeisen und Eigenstrom Mit dem Betreiber von drei neuen Anlagen...
Newsletter XIX 2023 - May 7-13 - News+ Is the West turning Ukraine into a nuclear battlefield?
sperren sich manche Heizungsbauer und auch im Wärmepumpenverband gibt es unterschiedliche Positionen. Was ist dran? Frankfurt/Freiburg – Für den Klimaschutz und die Unabhängigkeit von fossilen Brennstoffen hat die Bundesregierung sich zum Ziel gesetzt, bis 2030 den Einbau von sechs Millionen Wärmepumpen zu erreichen. Ein Problem der klimafreundlichen Heizsysteme: Die in den Pumpen eingesetzten...
along the supply chain and processing standards. They also check how a company deals with leaks. One of the companies that offers such certifications is Project Canary... * Fossile | Liquefied gas | LNG terminal liquefied natural gas in focus German lenders are fueling the LNG boom German banks have invested billions of euros in supporting growing gas exports from the USA since the beginning of 2022...
ein Riss durch die Gesellschaft. Die Ampel steht gleichzeitig auf Dunkelrot und Hellgrün, und bricht offen das Klimaschutzgesetz. Die Gesellschaft steht zwischen verzweifelten Klebern und an der fossilen Vergangenheit klebenden Zweiflern... * Klimaschutz | Heizung | Klimaziele Not in my Heizungskeller Für Klimaschutz sind (fast) alle. Für das Verbot alter Heizungstypen nur die wenigsten. Dabei...
Enervis in an analysis for the eco-energy cooperative Green Planet Energy and the environmental organization Greenpeace. According to the study, there is only a marginal climate effect: fossil power plants generate around 2,4 terawatt hours less due to the additional running time of the nuclear power plants, which corresponds to a CO2 reduction of 1,5 million tons. For comparison: 260 million tons of CO2 were emitted...
to record. Investments in ships and aircraft would therefore be considered climate-friendly. Although the machines would have to be equipped with state-of-the-art drives, they would still be able to run on fossil fuels. "Millions of euros could flow to some of Europe's biggest polluters such as Airbus, Ryanair and MSC," comments the transport NGO Transport and...
Newsletter XIV 2023 - April 2-8 - News+ Wars and School Massacres: The Cancer of Dehumanization
All underlying conflicts are considered in the peace logic. These include the interstate and territorial conflict over Ukraine's sovereignty. But the dispute over fossil resources and the rivalry between the nuclear powers USA, China and Russia as well as the question of the different security interests in Europe also play crucial roles,” emphasizes the...
Newsletter XIII 2023 - March 26 to April 1 - News+ What uranium ammunition would do to Ukraine
important intermediate product for chemical raw materials such as ammonia and methanol, but also for the production of synthetic fuels in the form of e-fuels. Until now, syngas has primarily been produced using fossil fuels. However, in recent years, scientists have developed a variety of technologies to produce syngas from water and CO2 using sunlight. The...
Newsletter XII 2023 - March 19th to 25th - News+ The poison of doubt is the sugar for the bastard
in focus. In the Kaskasi wind farm, three turbines are turning the world's first rotor blades that can be recycled at the end of their life cycle... * Expansion | Renewables | Electricity price Without fossil fuels: Where will electricity come from in the future? The future is an energy guzzler. E-cars, heat pumps and industry will need a lot of renewable electricity once the gas tap is turned off...
says Ciarán Cuffe, Green MP in the EU Parliament. Most people in Europe live in poorly insulated houses, and energy consumption is correspondingly high, most of which is covered by fossil fuels and is thus further driving the climate crisis. The building sector accounts for a significant share of the confederation's total energy needs: around 40 percent of consumption and 36...
Newsletter X 2023 - March 5th to 11th - News+ Dangerous toxins: Which products contain PFAS
warns against it. BERLIN taz | The energy company RWE's plans to build a liquid natural gas terminal off the coast of the Baltic Sea island of Rügen are causing protests. Environmental associations speak of the largest fossil fuel project in Europe and warn of overcapacity and the dangers for tourism and the environment. It involves four stationary floating LNG terminals with regasification units (FSRU) around 4,5 to 6,5...
presented and is one of the most modern weapon systems in the world. So far, according to reports from several media outlets, no army is using it, Ukraine would be the first customer... * Climate strike | politics corrupt | fossil lobbies Are we cold-hearted, irrational climate ignoramuses? How could it come to this point that we are running like lemmings towards the abyss? Have fossil lobbies and corrupt politics...
The paper goes on to say that sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries must be preserved and legitimate security interests must be taken seriously... * Ukraine War | Fossils | Weapons manufacturers winners and losers of the Ukraine war After a year of war: who suffers, who benefits? A list that only allows one conclusion: Every additional day is a...
was dealing with issues of monument protection. The judges also emphasize the principle of the overriding public interest in the expansion of renewable energies, which will be anchored in the EEG in 2022... * Fossil | Greenwashing | Climate-neutral corporations and their climate promises: opaque and implausible The companies' climate targets are far from enough to limit global warming, according to one...
