1. Newsletter

    | Versicherung Allianz gegen Klimaschutz Die Allianz präsentiert sich seit Jahren als Vorreiter im Klimaschutz. Doch im Hintergrund steckt ihr Tochterunternehmen PIMCO Milliarden in Kohle-, Öl- und Gasunternehmen und feuert so die Klimakrise an. Jahr für Jahr schließen Millionen Menschen Versicherungen bei der Allianz ab. „We secure your future“ verspricht im Gegenzug die Gesellschaft – sie...

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

    Akw THTR-300 in Hamm-Uentrop traten unbekante Mengen radioaktiver Aerosole aus. Zerbrochene Kugelbrennelemente verstopften die Rohre der Beschickungsanlage und man versuchte diese Rohre mit hohem Gasdruck (Helium) wieder freizublasen. Die vorhandenen Messgeräte waren zum Zeitpunkt des Vorfalls abgeschaltet, so ist über die genauen Mengen nichts bekannt. Weitere Versuche die Rohre freizublasen...

  3. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    31-year-old Kaniz Rabeya in the rooms of Clean. The non-governmental organization, which collects energy data among other things, has an office in the city of Khulna, in southern Bangladesh. "Yes. The gas depots, refineries, construction companies, cement factories and textile factories that you saw are in the protection zone. But they are also in the EPZ-Mongla, a special export zone." I'm surprised, but...

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

    not to go to war with Iran Israel wants to provoke Tehran to retaliate. They want to distract from the carnage in Gaza. Why the USA shouldn't allow itself to be lured into a trap. Guest commentary. The United States and Israel have warned of a possible Iranian attack in response to Israel's attack on an Iranian diplomatic facility in Damascus last week.

  5. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    Conventional nuclear power plants require three percent to five percent of the isotope in the fuel elements. This low enrichment (LEU: low enriched uranium) is achieved most effectively with gas centrifuges. Iran currently has 11.000 of these devices with varying performance, which are operated in three enrichment plants. Their further expansion is progressing quickly. Is it...

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    Third of the reactor core has been fragmented or melted... venting into the environment... by venting into the atmosphere. It is estimated that radioactive gas escaped during the incident (in the form of krypton-85; 10,75 year half-life) with an activity of approximately 1,665 · 1015 Bq... March 27 Right-Wing Radicals | Propaganda | European elections “Voice of Europe” sanctions authorities...

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

    Eliminate waste and answer the pressing questions of climate protection. Seven reactor types under the microscope The study examined seven different reactor types, including lead- and gas-cooled reactors, molten salt reactors and accelerator-driven systems... IMHO The first "mini-reactors" were built in the mid-1950s at the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS )...

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

    In order to follow applicable law, Chancellor Scholz must use his directive authority to ensure that his minister finally implements additional climate protection measures in transport. Greenhouse gas emissions from transport and buildings are also subject to the EU Effort Sharing Regulation. If Germany continues to meet these European targets because of Volker Wissing's denial of reality...

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

    Ukrainian area is already poisoned. Fighting means that large parts of Ukraine are toxic. Lead, arsenic and mercury contaminate soil. What did it mean for global nutrition? Guest post. There is no question that war leaves lasting destruction in its wake. This includes damage to both people and the environment. In the beginning of the third year of the illegal...

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

    Internet portal. Russia probably wanted the world, and especially its own people, to know about the murder... * Russia | Sanctions | LNG LNG from Russia: Russian liquid gas in the EU By exporting fossil energy to Europe, the Kremlin is financing the war against Ukraine, say NGOs. They are calling for stricter sanctions. BERLIN taz | The import ban on Russian...

  11. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    Facility closed... * Russia | Fuel element factory Lingen | Uranium imports of Europe's nuclear power plants are still customers Habeck wants to end Russian uranium imports Russia continues to supply Europe with gas as well as uranium and fuel elements for nuclear power plants. After the death of Alexei Navalny, the German Economics Minister is questioning this again. France is not the only customer...

  12. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    export via the southern H2 corridor. The country could thus improve its own economic prospects, create new jobs and gradually move its energy sector away from fossil gas. * Fascism | Socialism | totalitarianism | Wokeness The “shift to the left” of the totalitarian center The left is on the rise? Socialism is in the starting blocks? We have...

  13. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    can reach high temperatures and store heat energy for a long time. The hot liquid is then used to produce steam, which is used to power a turbine that drives a generator, as in conventional coal, gas and nuclear power plants. The biggest advantage of Aksa Huidong New Energy Solar Park's hybrid approach is that it generates solar energy in the form of...

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

    The amount paid for bioenergy was 15 billion euros last year, but at the beginning of 2024 it was no longer a billion. Why did the credit melt away so quickly? Hans-Josef Fell: Because of the very high natural gas prices, there were also very high electricity prices on the stock exchange in 2022 and 2023. These brought significant income into the EEG account. The expansion of renewable energies means that they can be fed into the grid...

  15. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    The arms industry benefits, not the economy. In the USA, funds are being sold to Kiev as a job engine. But that's not true. Why it serves the rich rather than the poorer classes. Guest post. Will the United States extend its funding for Ukraine's defensive war against Russia? The US Congress is having a hard time answering this question. The...

  16. 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

    fields, but rather social classes? “Fridays for Future” in particular now focuses on those who are the decision-makers in the climate crisis. Those who invest billions in oil, gas and coal do not want to fulfill customer wishes, but rather make as much money as possible. Last year, a Guardian investigative team found that oil companies Exxon,...

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

    for consumer goods has never recovered since then, only the increase in prices has slowed.«... * Emissions | LNG | Terminal LNG boom in the USA: A dirty business The liquid natural gas industry brings jobs to Louisiana - and destroys the environment and people's health. German companies are also involved. [...] Three different terminals are already operational in Cameron,...

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

    which is then supposed to be stored in geological reservoirs, is theoretically safe there for many hundreds of thousands of years. [...] Humanity must not only finally begin to rapidly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, but also drive forward the expansion of negative emissions at a record pace. Both are a race against time. A race against climate change. * Agriculture |...

  19. 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”

    to have made exactly the opposite policy... * Fossil investments are falling after the climate conference Historically: Over 1.600 institutions with 41 trillion dollars are pulling money from coal, gas, oil Fossil divestment works. While states fail to implement energy transitions, campaigns divert fossil fuel investments. About the story of a huge success. More than 1.600 institutions...

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

    to be zero. The combustion of fossil fuels is the main source of CO2 emissions. One could say: It basically follows from the Paris climate agreement that the use of coal, oil and gas must come to an end. However, there is still no international resolution from all countries declaring their willingness to do so - even after almost three decades of climate negotiations. On...

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