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

    die Landesbank LBBW (455 Millionen), die Landesbank Hessen Thüringen (306 Millionen) und die DZ Bank (264 Millionen Dollar)... * Ressourcen | Konsum | Erdüberlastungstag Earth Overshoot Day Schuldenbremse für die Umwelt Der "Erdüberlastungstag" für Deutschland ist heute erreicht: Die Ressourcen für 2024 sind nach vier Monaten schon aufgebraucht. Umweltorganisationen fordern andere...

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

    Actors." The head of the association demanded: "Instead of financing armaments at the expense of social benefits, we must strengthen the state's income. We need a reform of the debt brake and higher tax revenues." Engelmeier named an excess profits tax for companies, a reform of the inheritance tax and a wealth tax for the super-rich. * United States | Lobbyist | guilty...

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

    Erbe abzulehnen. Es ist höchste Zeit, die Menschheit vor der törichten Vergiftung des Lebens durch die Industrie zu bewahren und das Verursacherprinzip konsquent umzusetzen. * Solidarität | Schuldenbremse | Vermögenssteuer | Tax the Rich Vorschlag zur Soli-Abschaffung: Die Reichen zur Kasse, bitte! Würde nur eine kleine Gruppe einen Teil abgeben, müsste sich Deutschland um den Fiskus nicht...

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

    accused of serious tax evasion. For the first time, the trial concerned the criminal liability of a tax advisor at a major law firm in the complex of cum-ex stock deals... * Debt brake | Economics Adviser to the Federal Government “Economy” with a push to loosen the debt brake Berlin · The debt brake is causing a lot of conversation. Lots of regulations...

  5. 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

    Calls for a reform of this climate-damaging subsidy have been ignored for decades. Until, in view of the acute need for austerity as a result of the Constitutional Court ruling on the debt brake, there was no reform but rather a radical deletion. This can also happen with much more important agricultural subsidies than the fuel tax subsidy. As early as 2008, the Federal Environment Agency criticized...

  6. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    "that caused a voltage drop," the operator of the power plant, Teollisuuden Voima, had to admit the next breakdown within a few days... * Household | Lobbying | Debt brake Money, influence, and lobbying: Hardly anyone talks about the cause of the budget crisis. The investment backlog is getting bigger, the budget is getting smaller. And the Bundestag approves the government's wrong move. Who...

  7. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    had been. In addition, his headgear was removed. When he wanted to drive off in his car, he discovered four sunk screws in his tires... * Energy transition | Climate impacts | Debt brake According to the Constitutional Court ruling, traffic lights in a climate emergency. Better not to spend anything than to spend correctly? No, the 60 billion hole in energy transition investments can certainly be filled...

  8. Newsletter VIII 2023 - February 19th to 25th - News+ Mönch von Lützerath: Sympathetic figures of the climate movement

    Furthermore, significant social inequalities and dislocations. Apparently there is no money to counteract this. It is similar with climate protection. If, like this federal government, you want to adhere to the debt brake at the same time, rearmament must lead to savings being made in the fight against social injustice, climate protection and other important things... * China | Armistice...

  9. Newsletter XXIII 2022 - June 01st to 09th - News+ Noam Chomsky: From Class Struggle to Green Revolution

    The wrong priorities are definitely being set." On Friday, the Bundestag will vote on the 100 billion euro special fund for the Bundeswehr. The rearmament package is to be enshrined in the Basic Law bypassing the debt brake. Green youth spokeswoman Sarah-Lee Heinrich is one of the critics of this financial package. What bothers you about it and where you think the money would be better...

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