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

    cannot or only with difficulty be broken down in the environment. So they accumulate not only in soil and water, but also in people. This absorbs the compounds through air, drinking water and food. At the same time, PFAS are popular because they are durable and often water, grease and dirt repellent. That's why they are found in many, even everyday, products. The group of PFAS...

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

    but already around 30%. Your comparison of nuclear power with hydropower is obviously chosen to hide the weak contribution of nuclear power... April 16 Nestlé | Food | Sugar 50 years after the milk powder scandal Experts find a lot of sugar in Nestlé's baby food In Europe, the world's largest food manufacturer often markets its milk powder without...

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

    Albert Einstein and scientists from the University of Chicago and whose board today includes ten Nobel Prize winners, appointed every year... * Wind power | Offshore | Food Energy research with a difference: The Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm will have its first algae harvest in Berlin in spring 2024 - Parallel to the expansion of renewable energy, considerations are being given to how...

  4. Newsletter XXXVII 2023 - September 10th to 16th - News+ How Germany is ruining the climate with billions in gifts to industry

    European and US governments are financially able to cushion the loss of income for their farmers as a result of increasingly frequent droughts and to import food for their own populations, rising world market prices for raw materials are contributing, among other things, to famine in West Africa and the Sahel region ... * Greenpeace ranking shows savings...

  5. Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine

    Africa | Pesticide expert on the UN hunger report: “There is enough to eat” According to the latest figures, three quarters of a billion people suffer from malnutrition. Africa needs to be helped to store food, says an expert. taz: Mr. Marí, the number of hungry people did not increase in 2022 despite the war in Ukraine and the resulting higher grain prices. But that is...

  6. Newsletter XXIV 2023 - June 11th to 17th - News+ How the West is losing the Global South

    To block. The conservatives claim that the law would allow farmers to cultivate less land, which would threaten Europe's food security. Science contradicts. How Europe produces food is inefficient, says Jeroen Candel from the Netherlands' Wageningen University. Too much food is wasted, conventional agriculture is the main driver...

  7. Newsletter XXI 2023 - 21 to 27 May - News+ World Biodiversity Day: Will the plan to restore Europe's biodiversity fail?

    * Photovoltaics | drought drought | Crop protection Agri-photovoltaic systems protect plants from drought Agri-photovoltaics can mitigate the effects of drought periods on the production of plant-based food: Shading, which often reduces crop yields when there is enough water, can even lead to increased yields in drought. This is the result of a study by the university...

  8. Newsletter XIX 2023 - May 7-13 - News+ Is the West turning Ukraine into a nuclear battlefield?

    Rents are down almost 5% and are expected to rise further in 2023. With inflation at 7,2%, there was an increase of 3,5% in consumer energy prices and 22,3% in consumer food prices. Everything has become more expensive. And at the same time, real wages for Germans are falling by 4%. In 2023 they will fall even further, while prices are expected to continue to rise. Can you pay your rent...

  9. Newsletter XI 2023 - March 12th to 18th - News+ 12 years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima – What have we learned from it?

    of radioactive material was released - they corresponded to around a fifth of the radioactive emissions from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster - and contaminated air, soil, water and food in the land and sea environment. Approximately 100.000 to 150.000 residents had to leave the area temporarily or permanently as a result... ** Back to: Newsletter X 2023 - 5...

  10. Newsletter V 2023 - January 29 to February 4 - News+ Je suis mud monk

    | Agriculture | Agri-photovoltaics Agri-photovoltaics: Expansion is being slowed down Harvest and electricity from the fields: Agri-photovoltaics can produce food and solar power on agricultural land at the same time. An amendment to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG 2023) now enables funding for such systems. But especially smaller, high-standing agro-solar systems...

  11. Newsletter L 2022 - December 15th to 19th - News+ Criminalization of activists of the last generation

    pollination or the control of pathogens by nature. When natural systems are destroyed, the construction sector is hit hardest, followed by agriculture and the food and beverage sectors. Experts estimate that by 2030, the collapse of ecosystems, such as the loss of pollinators in the agricultural sector or of fish stocks, will cause a decline in global...

  12. Newsletter XXXVI 2022 - September 09th to 16th - News+ permanent vigil in front of ANF Framatome in Lingen

    "national security" and the pursuit of geopolitical goals. [...] Noam, the systemic impacts of the war in Ukraine are enormous and include economic shocks, food and energy security, geopolitical shifts and climate change. As for the latter, although it is difficult to accurately estimate the effects of the Ukraine war on the climate,...

  13. Newsletter XXXIII 2022 - August 14th to 21st - News+ Brainwashed? – Strategic communication!

    now as "Green"... * Renewable Energy | Agriculture | Agri Photovoltaics Agri-Photovoltaic Conference Agriculture and solar energy combine, use areas multiple times and harvest electricity and food. This is the vision of agri-photovoltaics. The last ten years have shown that it works. Success stories and business models will be discussed in Amsterdam in September. **...

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