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rund um das Ahrtal Häuser, Straßen und Leben zerstört haben. Eine Studie im Auftrag der Bundesregierung schätzt den Gesamtschaden der Flutkatastrophe an der Ahr und weiteren Orten auf rund 40 Milliarden Euro. Der Großteil der Aufbauhilfe kommt vom Staat oder Versicherungen - den Rest müssen die Flutopfer selbst tragen. Aber was ist mit großen Industrieunternehmen etwa, die zu den größten...
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many other places worldwide. See: 'INES and the accident list' and 'The map of the nuclear world'. The estimated damage caused by a catastrophe in Europe is between €100 billion and €430 billion; adequate insurance would drive the operating costs of a nuclear power plant to dizzying heights. That's why there isn't a single nuclear power plant in the world that...
of negotiations on a UN tax convention to avert these astronomical losses... August 4th Fossile | Subsidies | Emissions trading Germany spends 70 billion euros in tax money every year to promote fossil energy instead of renewable energy. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), subsidies for fossil energy sources in Germany are 1,9 percent...
1980 to 1989 - INES, NAMS and other events
[...] Die Folgen des Untergangs der Komsomolez Die Untergangsstelle liegt in einem der fischreichsten Gebiete der Welt, und ein Austreten des radioaktiven Inventars könnte der Fischereiindustrie Milliardenverluste bescheren. Im Mai 1992 wurde das Forschungsschiff Akademik Mstislaw Keldysch zur Unfallstelle beordert und entdeckte zahlreiche Brüche entlang der gesamten Länge der Druckhülle aus...
1940 to 1949 - INES, NAMS and other events
and long-lived nuclides released into the Columbia River. Hanford is considered the most radioactively contaminated site in the Western Hemisphere... Hanford Site The USA pays over two billion US dollars annually to private corporations for the necessary decontamination of the facility; In addition, around 200.000 cubic meters of radioactive waste must be disposed of. At the beginning of 2014...
1960 to 1969 - INES, NAMS and other events
Between 1965 and 1970, the Livermore Lab released approximately 650.000 curies (23.700 TBq) of tritium into the air from the chimneys of the tritium facility (Building 331). Note: One curie corresponds to 37 billion radioactive decay processes per second, in Becquerels 37 GBq. After the 1965 accident, not much data is available on wind patterns, precipitation, etc., but after the 1970 accident,...
1970 to 1979 - INES, NAMS and other events
Between 1965 and 1970, the Livermore Lab released approximately 650.000 curies (23.700 TBq) of tritium into the air from the chimneys of the tritium facility (Building 331). Note: One curie corresponds to 37 billion radioactive decay processes per second, in Becquerels 37 GBq. The largest release in LLNL history occurred on January 20, 1965 and amounted to 259 TBq. After the accident of...
in the North Sea was threatened by changes to the Renewable Energy Act. The other two lawsuits come from the energy companies RWE and Uniper, which are demanding 1,4 billion or several hundred million euros from the Netherlands - because of the coal phase-out by 2030. They had invested in coal-fired power plants there... * Wind power | Electricity route | Direct current Long dispute over...
Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson
*Ukraine | MiK military-industrial complex | Tank Ukraine: Why the enormous US military budget isn't paying off on the battlefield The $850 billion military-industrial complex is not designed to fight wars. This is shown by the Ukrainians' desperate fight with US weapons. Why is that? When I recently saw a video showing Ukrainian troops from...
Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine
Waste... July 13th Fossil industry invests in offshore wind power Oil companies BP and Total Energies are pushing into the electricity business: auction of German offshore areas brings billions Bonn - The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has published the results of the offshore wind energy tenders for areas that have not been centrally pre-investigated announced on the bidding date of June 1, 2023. The surcharges go...
is - at the same time, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit signaled understanding for a delivery from the United States on Friday... * CSU | Bavaria | Kini Jödler | Scheuer-Andi | Grave of billions State Parliament - Munich: CSU has brought Bavaria to the brink of "grave of billions" with the main line Before the end of the committee of inquiry into the S-Bahn main line in Munich, the Greens are again raising...
and debt? Consequence of privatized water management England's largest water supplier is threatened with bankruptcy England's largest water supplier is threatened with bankruptcy due to debts of around 14 billion pounds. Now the state may have to step in and take over Thames Water, at least temporarily. The company "Thames Water" supplies London and other regions in the southeast...
Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed
24. Juni Senegal | Afrikas Erneuerbare | Gasförderung Mehr Erneuerbare für Westafrika: Sonne für Senegal Deutschland, Frankreich und andere Industrieländer geben dem westafrikanischen Land 2,5 Milliarden Euro. Das Ziel: der Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien. BERLIN taz | Der westafrikanische Staat Senegal soll unter anderem aus Deutschland 2,5 Milliarden Euro erhalten, um in erneuerbare Energien zu...
Newsletter XXIV 2023 - June 11th to 17th - News+ How the West is losing the Global South
could do, reports Scientific American magazine. When construction of ITER began in 2006, the project was planned to last ten years and have a budget of $6,3 billion. We are currently spending $22 billion. And in two years the plant is finally scheduled to go into operation, meaning the construction time would have already taken almost twice as long as estimated...
Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda
Complex | Armament How the arms lobby in the USA penetrates society Four mega arms companies finance politicians, think tanks and war films: Billions more are needed against China. The military-industrial complex (MIK), which President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Americans about more than sixty years ago, is doing better than ever. He devours much more...
Nuclear power projects have already been canceled. Economy from above is a cooperation with LiveEO. [...] EDF also had to adjust the costs of the project several times: While initially there was talk of 18 billion pounds, the construction of the power plant is currently expected to cost more than 32 billion pounds - a cost increase of 80 percent. [...] Over 35 years, EDF is supposed to offer a guaranteed electricity price...
There is a need for research - especially on the question of which plants are best suited for the different systems... May 22nd Heat | Greenhouse Earth | Collapse Danger from global warming Two billion people are at risk of heat collapse. Temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius make people sick and are sometimes life-threatening. A team of researchers has now determined the global extent of increasing heat waves...
Newsletter XX 2023 - May 14th to 20th - News+ Heat waves hit poor neighborhoods particularly hard
the problems alternate. It was supposed to have been supplying electricity for eleven years. So far, however, he has only delivered ever higher bills. The costs have exploded from the planned 3,3 to almost 20 billion euros. There are also other difficulties. The EPR pressurized water reactor has fundamental safety and design problems. That's why it should now be about an "EPR 2", since the EPR...
Newsletter XIX 2023 - May 7-13 - News+ Is the West turning Ukraine into a nuclear battlefield?
It is a byproduct of the phosphate industry and contains toxic and radioactive components... * Ocean Temperature | Ecosystem | Greenhouse effect Studies on ocean heating: 3,6 billion atomic bombs into the sea The greenhouse effect releases a lot of heat into the oceans. As a result, they are heating up more than ever before, new data shows. This has far-reaching consequences. What's the matter? 71 percent of...
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 co-financed growing gas exports from the USA with billions of euros since the beginning of 2022, a new report from environmental organizations shows. Fossil investments are damaging the climate and...
