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

    So it's also about freedom of the press, which the Greens have always and vehemently campaigned for. But in the Assange case they have largely fallen silent... * Japan | Gross domestic product | Economy of the world's largest economies Japan is falling behind Germany Japan is also in recession. Because the yen is so weak, the country is falling in the rankings of the largest...

  2. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    Since the negligent equation of fascism and National Socialism as well as the polemical and careless use of the terms fascism and neo-fascism have been particularly popular on the left since 1968, this reluctance is not difficult to understand. In this country, no one in the spectrum of thoughtful people wants to bring out the “fascist club” lightly. In political terminology...

  3. Newsletter XXXIX 2023 - September 24th to 30th - News+ “Populist, verbally radical, ethnic” – and no end in sight

    from right-wing extremism: Right-wing extremism eats up wealth. Economic concerns strengthen the ultra-right - but the ultra-right also harms the economy. The result: a poisonous mixture for the economy. A diagnosis that is by no means wrong, but a bit too simple, goes like this: If the economy is in a tailspin, uncertainty eats into the lives of many people. If the middle class is afraid of decline, the...

  4. Newsletter XXXIII 2023 - August 13th to 19th - News+ Military coup in Niger: Uranium mining and environmental destruction as deeper reasons?

    Globalization and free trade were perverted from the start. That's why it can be for the benefit of everyone if (punitive) tariffs and mutual restrictions on imports and exports are once again booming. [...] High tariffs can at least partially compensate for the subsidies for the movement of goods and the socialized costs. The consequence of this: for many products the...

  5. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    in the case of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, that an “obligation to involve residents and local communities in wind farms is in principle permissible”. * Energy prices | Energy consumption | Economy: Energy consumption fell by 7,1 percent in the first half of the year. High prices and the weak economy caused electricity and gas consumption to fall in the first six months. At the same time, the share...

  6. Newsletter II 2023 - January 8th to 14th - News+ We have already won

    not about the climate protection law. Guess who the biggest blocker is? As reported, Germany's primary energy consumption continued to decline in 2022. Thanks to mild weather, a subdued economy and a few statistical details, as the phase-out use of nuclear energy is considered particularly inefficient. Nevertheless, greenhouse gas emissions are stagnating, as the think tank Agora Energiewende...

  7. Newsletter XLVI 2022 - November 16th to 23rd - News+ Now only the wisdom of the Peace of Westphalia can help

    in Europe, but also around the world, because Europeans were now going on a global shopping spree. The crazy gas prices in turn revived fossil undead like coal. The economic recovery after the pandemic also caused oil demand to rise. At the same time, war and the energy crisis pushed the climate crisis aside. Of course the governments, especially the German one, asserted that the energy crisis was...

  8. Newsletter XXXI 2022 - August 01st to 06th - News+ Withdraw the nuclear weapons from Europe!

    also risks in normal nuclear power plant operation? Older studies suggest an increased cancer rate among children in the vicinity of nuclear power plants. What is the current standing? The topic of nuclear power is booming again. Due to the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and the associated gas supply problems, an extension of the service life of the remaining nuclear power plants is being discussed....

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