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to pursue the wrong approach to climate policy by not focusing on energy companies as opponents. [...] The former Green Party politician accuses Neubauer that her criticism of a "fossil" lifestyle is "nothing other than a frontal attack on the Western model of prosperity." He points out that human progress in crucial areas of life cannot occur without...
– 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
want to equip the planned "Abrams" tank 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...
The restricted area for diamond mining in the desert is extremely dry and nothing grows except for 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. And...
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
unspectacular. However, the water in Nechlin is heated primarily by wind. The world's first wind heat storage facility is located in the town in the Uckermark. Actually a model for heating without fossil fuels – and cheap. But the law is making it extremely difficult for municipalities to imitate. [...] Was forbidden according to the EEG: Feeding in and own electricity With the operator of three new systems...
Newsletter XIX 2023 - May 7-13 - News+ Is the West turning Ukraine into a nuclear battlefield?
Some heating engineers object and there are also different positions in the heat pump association. What's it? Frankfurt/Freiburg – To protect the climate and achieve independence from fossil fuels, the federal government has set itself the goal of installing six million heat pumps by 2030. A problem with climate-friendly heating systems: The...
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...
a rift through society. The traffic light is dark red and light green at the same time, openly breaking the climate protection law. Society stands between desperate gluers and doubters clinging to the fossil past... * Climate protection | Heating | Climate goals Not in my boiler room (Almost) everyone is in favor of climate protection. Only very few people are in favor of banning old types of heating. Included...
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...
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? Are fossil fuel lobbies and corrupt politics so firmly in our...
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...
