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still highly controversial. It is said that the federal government has therefore examined alternatives as a precaution. This includes the option of possible interim storage in Gorleben... * France | fossil France restricts fossil export guarantees In order to meet its climate commitments, France is restricting export financing of fossil projects - thereby putting pressure on Germany, the USA...
Newsletter XXXVII 2022 - September 17 to 23 - News+ Low-level ionizing radiation also poses a risk
and Nature Conservation Germany (BUND): With their policies, the Union parties have driven Germany into dependence on Russia - which is at least as great in the nuclear sector as in fossil fuels. At the same time, they have ruined the country's formerly strong and growing solar and wind power industry. Tens of thousands of jobs lost in the renewable energy industry...
to accelerate. As the Oxford University study shows again, this would be a win-win situation for all of us. Energy production from sun and wind is already cheaper than fossil energy. Against this background, it is incomprehensible that the approval of floating LNG terminals is apparently possible within a few months, but the planning and approval of...
Newsletter XXXV 2022 - September 01st to 08th - News+ No nuclear power plant runtime extensions!
Gas and atom: The green base has had enough The Green ministers are giving up one core demand after another. The members have been involved for a long time. Will there be an uprising at the party conference in October? * Fossils | Electricity exchange | Renewable fossil luxury electricity: Market interventions do not solve the basic problem. The outrageously expensive natural gas power plants make relief packages worth billions necessary. The fossil...
The Bank for Reconstruction and Development then signaled its willingness to contribute to the estimated costs of 300 million euros. **August 29 Subsidies | Fossil energies Subsidies for fossil energies almost doubled in 2021. The OECD and IEA criticize the lack of sustainability and that states are setting the wrong incentives. This year the...
Newsletter XXXIII 2022 - August 14th to 21st - News+ Brainwashed? – Strategic communication!
Let it run longer as long as the gas shortage lasts." Completely clever, the man of course knows very well that the natural gas crisis will never end and that we will inevitably stop using fossil resources in a few years. In plain language: He simply wants us to do so for good return to nuclear energy. Other "experts" think we should take China as a model, as well as Japan,...
... * Solar thermal energy | Process heat | inexpensive "Solar thermal energy can provide a significant part of the industrial process heat" In industry, heat generation is still heavily dependent on fossil fuels. This has become a problem for many companies in Germany, particularly due to the war in Ukraine and the gas price crisis. An alternative could be heat from solar thermal energy. About the...
Newsletter XXXI 2022 - August 01st to 06th - News+ Withdraw the nuclear weapons from Europe!
Bavaria and also no wind power and no power lines. All advantages, but no consequences - what Söder wants is basically the terrawatt legend, the squaring of the circuit. * fossil | Gas price: nuclear power instead of gas? It costs! For many combined heat and power plants, it is uneconomical to switch from gas to oil. In order for that to change, money is needed from the state - instead of...
Newsletter XXIX 2022 - July 17th to 24th - News+ Government in the climate crisis
The aim of the project, which was received from the Swiss National Science Foundation (Snf) for Empa (Swiss Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute), is to explore the basics and prepare practical applications. * LNG | fossil infrastructure | DUH Environmentalists against gas production projects Fossil dam failure feared At the end of the year, the first floating liquefied natural gas terminals are scheduled to begin operations on German coasts...
Newsletter XXVII 2022 - July 02nd to 10th - News+ Global security is only possible together!
In Sydney, houses have to be evacuated due to flooding. Australia's east coast was hit by strong floods in March. Now the levels are rising massively again after heavy rain. * Fossils | Gas heating | Climate goals | renewable Fossil paths, the great climate club and the wait for the energy summit Calendar week 26: An energy transition summit and an emergency program against the...
It is therefore somewhat more efficient than the usual steam turbines. The vast majority of our electricity supply consists of making water hot in some way - burning fossil fuels or nuclear fission - and passing the steam through a turbine. The efficiency is ultimately limited here, as a large part of the heat is ultimately given off to the environment. *...
Newsletter XXV 2022 - June 18-25 - News+ Assange case: "Black day for freedom of the press"
There is no longer much difference between them and the Taliban ideologues, says Elmar Theveßen. - IMHO "America" by Ramstein | We're all living in America, America is wonderful... * Investments | fossil | renewable energies G7 countries still invest as much in coal, oil and gas as in renewable energies. Investments in climate-friendly restructuring of the economy would have to be ten times as high...
with nuclear power There has been enough potential to move away from oil and gas in recent years. Now nuclear power is supposed to fix it again - a fatal mistake * Profit Lobby | fossil | Mafia Marco Bülow: "Profit lobbies and coal mafia have prevailed in the SPD" Marco Bülow says: Large parts of the population no longer have any influence on politics. Profit lobbies and...
be throttled May in France was dry and hot. That's why a nuclear power plant had to be throttled back at Pentecost - the river simply doesn't have enough water. * Climate killer | fossil UN chief to students: “Don’t work for climate destroyers” Young people have an important role to play in the fight against the climate crisis. UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized this in a...
Newsletter XXII 2022 - May 27th to 31st - News+ The nuclear lobby is stepping on the gas again
The government's climate representative is pushing for punitive CO2 tariffs in the EU. An “EU external tariff on CO2 could motivate countries around the world to do more climate protection,” explains Morgan. * Climate goals | CO2 | fossil | Energy company | Global warming Now the oil companies are really turning up the heat: the fossil industry is attacking the climate like never before CO₂ bombs A research team from the British “Guardian” uncovered how...
The Federal Environment Ministry has promised more transparency for a planned nuclear waste logistics center in Würgassen. Two state secretaries visited the planned location on Tuesday. * Fracking | fossil | Climate Qatar supplies fracking gas from US production Energy and climate newsreel: From gigantic extra profits for oil and gas companies, courted autocrats and burning pine forests *...
of Russian raw materials, it is said. However, Russia's dependence on uranium is forgotten - or deliberately overlooked. It's bigger than expected. * Europe | Electricity requirement | fossil Germany could do without fossil fuels by 2035 Germany could rely entirely on sun, wind and batteries for all of its current electricity needs within the next 10 years...
Newsletter XIX 2022 - May 05th to 12th - News+ The economic consequences of the Ukraine war
Researchers in the journal “Science Advances” predict. This could become a problem for weather forecasts, climate forecasts and the marine ecosystem. ** May 08th Climate Killer | methane | Natural gas | fossil climate killer methane from gas infrastructure: help, one, two, many leaks! The gas industry is climate-friendly. But a survey shows: There are completely unnecessary...
Newsletter XVIII 2022 - April 28th to May 04th - News+ wind vanes and pocket fillers in tireless use
Assange: “A death in installments” Günter Wallraff sees strong parallels between the Wikileaks journalist Julian Assange and the Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. * Green electricity | Renewable | fossil Series: Energy system without fossils "We need Tesla speed" The federal government's green electricity package is good, but it should actually be doubled, says energy expert Volker Quaschning. Also...
Newsletter XVI 2022 - April 15-21 - News+ Ukraine: When consumers want to avoid war
The current "Uranium Atlas" Nuclear power does not create energy independence Uranium from Russia is fuel for European nuclear power plants Uranatlas_2022.pdf * United States | Natural gas | Greenwashing | Fossil liquefied gas production in the USA: polluting the air for gas exports A US company wants to have limits for carcinogenic gases suspended. They justify this with increasing exports to Europe. In...
