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    with Palestine”. Some of the slogans, verbal and on posters, are directed directly against them and are at least perceived that way. Not all slogans are as murderous as the call for the globalization of the Intifada. Some simply demonize Israel. For example, by claiming that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a slander that, through constant repetition, has become indisputable...

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

    Dies zeigt eine Studie, welche die deutsche Umwelt- und Menschenrechtsorganisation urgewald an diesem Donnerstag zusammen mit mehreren Partnerorganisationen veröffentlicht. Demnach haben globale Banken zwischen Januar 2021 und Dezember 2023 insgesamt 470 Milliarden US-Dollar (knapp 439 Milliarden Euro) an Unternehmen der Kohleindustrie vergeben: vor allem in Form von Krediten oder indem sie sich...

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

    NOAA, die Wetter- und Ozeanbehörde der USA, dass 54 Prozent der Riffe davon betroffen seien. Jede Woche komme etwa ein Prozent hinzu. Es handelt sich um die vierte beobachtete Korallenbleiche von globalem Ausmaß. Um als globales Ereignis klassifiziert zu werden, müssen mindestens zwölf Prozent der Korallenriffe betroffen sein sowie Nachweise für das Ausbleichen im Pazifik, im Indischen Ozean und...

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

    Cost 0,6 percentage points of gross domestic product. According to the current study from Potsdam, the damage expected by the middle of the century will cost six times more than measures to limit global warming to 2 degrees. However, even good climate protection can no longer prevent the economy from shrinking - after all, warming has been going on for a long time. Germany has also already...

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

    established and supplies the world market at reasonable prices. Companies in western industrialized countries can hardly compete with this and their existence is threatened. [...] The global perspective on supply and demand The Chinese side also emphasizes that supply and demand must be viewed globally. Ultimately, the West's criticism focuses on...

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

    of 15 lignite and hard coal power plants on Easter Monday were welcomed as a “great success for climate justice”. The shutdown of the plants “is done in the knowledge of the historical and global responsibility for achieving our climate goals,” she explained on Sunday. The phase-out of hard coal also means an end to imports from regions where hard coal mining has been...

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    mean. No one in their right mind could want a nuclear inferno. NATO of Peace: Only one realization is necessary If one is convinced that the current and future global problems can only be solved through transnational understanding with the participation of a higher-level structure, the step is not far to bridge the gaps and give one to the enemy states. ..

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

    Combating climate change is essential because it does not emit any CO2. The nuclear lobby has been campaigning for a renaissance of nuclear power for decades. So far in vain, as there have been fewer and fewer nuclear power plants in operation worldwide for many years. To this end, renewable energies are being expanded at an ever faster pace. And the last world climate conference in Dubai has just decided to limit renewables to...

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

    as profit sharing. This is a welcome additional income for many urban households. * EU Commission | International law | Financial crisis Why the expropriation of Russian assets could become a global financial crisis The EU is playing with fire on the issue of frozen Russian assets. Why expropriation could damage the global financial system. There are still...

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

    A third of Ukraine 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...

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

    Island has risen at an impressive rate over the past ten years - in some regions by up to 23 centimeters, as researchers report based on data from the Greenland Network of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)... * CIA | WikiLeaks | Assange case Julian Assange: Of liars, fraudsters and thieves Statement on the court proceedings in London about...

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

    “But Israel can only ever be a temporary hedge,” said Mendel. A long-term solution can therefore only be peace with the Palestinians... * Majority supports climate protection Global survey on climate protection Politicians can be bolder A survey in 125 countries shows great support for climate protection and also the willingness to spend money on it. But what is remarkable is...

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

    | Temperature | Global warming EU climate change service Copernicus Global warming was above 1,5 degrees for the first twelve months Alarming figures from the EU climate observers: According to Copernicus, the global average temperature was consistently one and a half degrees above the reference value for a year. And January 2024 was also far too warm. Global warming has...

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

    New energy solar park put into operation. Thanks to a combination of several technologies to generate energy, the largest solar park of its kind can provide electricity around the clock. According to the China Global Television Network (CGTN), the system consists of 11.960 heliostats, i.e. large, computer-controlled mirrors. [...] solar energy is stored in salts The receiver at the top of the...

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

    before midnight, according to the doomsday clock. The Ukraine war is the central nuclear hotspot. And what about the Middle East? "Threatening developments continue to steer the world toward a global catastrophe," warn the scientists in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Tuesday. Like last year, they set up the so-called Doomsday Clock...

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

    extend, contribute to polarization and strengthen extremists everywhere. He also renewed calls for an immediate ceasefire in the fight between Israel and Hamas... * The countries of the Global South and the hypocrisy of the West in Davos The Global South is increasingly taking a stand against Western hypocrisy - rightly China shows Zelenskyj the cold one in Davos Shoulder. South Africa is enough...

  17. 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

    Vehicles will continue to be exempt from vehicle tax. In addition, agricultural diesel subsidies should only be abolished gradually by 2026 and not all at once... * Remigration | Globalists | anti-democratic terms sound harmless at first What right-wing extremists mean by "remigration" and "globalists" Right-wing radicals use fighting terms that are used in pseudo-scientific...

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

    Residents in the region around Cameron are exposed to ever higher emissions from the many factories. These release formaldehyde, benzene and other carcinogenic substances. Venture Global, the operator of the Calcasieu Canal terminal, has violated legal emissions standards more than 18 times in just under 150 months. About so-called “flares”, in German: torches, the...

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

    The term is nothing other than the definition that every person on this globe, including future generations, should have the same chances in life. It's about intergenerational, global justice. This is the core of political ecology... * Exploitation | Migration | Working conditions Hard work: Germany is building on the backs of those without a German passport On the construction sites...

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

    - this was colorfully and audibly reminded by demonstrators in front of the congress center in Dubai and activists elsewhere. It is important that COP 28 launched the Fund to Support the Global South. The money that countries like Germany pay in will of course not be enough to pay for the climate damage - if it is even affordable. Politicians...

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