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

    Newsletter Some of the events were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

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

    diese verfehlt, muss das zuständige Ministerium ein Sofortprogramm vorlegen. Künftig soll stattdessen die ganze Bundesregierung für Klimaschutz im Gesamten verantwortlich sein – und will dabei sektoren- und jahresübergreifend vorgehen. Die jährlichen Grenzwerte, die im Gesetz stehen, sind damit praktisch bedeutungslos. Zudem sind die Mi­nis­te­r*in­nen nicht mehr einzeln verantwortlich. Darauf...

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

    Years of war, two years of sanctions. With almost 19.000 punitive measures imposed, Russia is now the most sanctioned country in the world - and this does not include trade embargoes against individual sectors. But the attacks against Ukraine continue unabated. The sanctions were actually intended to make it impossible for Russia to continue the war...

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

    becomes. Especially in Europe and Germany. We are undergoing a structural change in which there cannot only be winners. We will lose jobs in industry and gain jobs in other sectors. [...] Should Meyer Burger get state aid? No. Nobody has ever been able to explain to me why we need solar cell production in Germany. Because we have solar panels...

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

    approved than last year. In 2023, Germany will be a net importer of almost 12 TWh of electricity, which corresponds to 2,3 percent of electricity consumption. Around half of the imports came from renewables. 3. The building and transport sectors are once again missing their climate target; their emissions are stagnating. The main reason is the slow electrification: As in 2022, electric cars will have a share of almost 20 percent...

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

    to increase dimensions. It is therefore encouraging that we in Germany already consume more than half of our electricity from renewable sources. The other two important consumption sectors, heat and mobility, are unfortunately lagging behind. The building sector in particular, with its long investment cycles and high investment requirements, remains a problem child. Without a...

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

    Newsletter LII 2023 December 24th to 31st *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

  8. Newsletter L 2023 - December 10th to 16th - News+ The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the Future”

    Newsletter L 2023 December 10th to 16th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

  9. Newsletter XLVII 2023 - November 19th to 25th - News+ Spectacular setback for the development of small nuclear reactors in the USA - The dead horse

    Newsletter XLVII 2023 November 19th to 25th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

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

    some of the largest oil companies in the world. [...] When asked by AFP about his role, McKinsey said: "We are proud to support COP28 by providing strategic insights and analysis and sector-specific and technical expertise." [...] To get a feel for to convey the magnitude of the gains at stake: A World Bank data-based...

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

    Loads such as power-to-heat systems or electrolyzers could then produce hydrogen or heat with these regeneratively generated amounts of electricity. In this way, other sectors could also benefit from the principle of “benefiting instead of restricting”... * Asylum | Migration | Immigration Arguing about migrants doesn't solve a single problem While politics devolves into populist...

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

    Newsletter XXXIX 2023 September 24th to 30th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 News+ Background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military nuclear power industry . Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

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

    Rising world market prices for raw materials contribute, among other things, to famines in West Africa and the Sahel zone... * Greenpeace ranking shows savings and climate protection potential for the energy, transport and agriculture sectors. Reducing climate-damaging subsidies can relieve the federal budget by 46 billion euros annually and massive amounts of CO2 -Save emissions. This shows a new...

  14. Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years

    But in the heavily industrialized Flanders, just like in parts of Great Britain or North Rhine-Westphalia, there are also numerous heavily polluted places... * Climate policy | Climate Protection Act | Sectors Transport and Buildings Goals missed, Six, set: Devastating verdict on German climate policy Energy and climate - compact: The expert council has published its statement on climate protection...

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

    Newsletter XXXIII 2023 August 13th to 19th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 News+ Background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military nuclear power industry . Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

  16. Newsletter XXX 2023 - July 23-29 - News+ Chomsky: What happens when orders from Washington are not followed?

    Newsletter XXX 2023 23 to 29 July *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Current+ background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military industry . Some of this information only became public in a roundabout way. As soon as new...

  17. Newsletter XXVI 2023 - June 25 to July 1 - News+ Two tips on how we can further strengthen the far-right AfD

    rearming Europe, and my helplessness does not protect me from becoming complicit. Because for the child in a border prison my reluctance is meaningless... * Sustainability | Sectors Buildings and Transport Sustainability Council proposes a package of measures for sustainable construction and transport policy In a current statement, the Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) calls for...

  18. Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed

    to explain a heat pump, how about a first-year student in business administration who then takes over the editing of Felix Rupprecht's articles?... * Environmental associations | Climate Protection Act | Sectors Environmental associations criticize new climate protection law The government wants to abolish mandatory sector targets for individual economic sectors; the cabinet has decided to do so. Environmental associations see...

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

    of uranium and plutonium suddenly - and will take centuries, if not millions, of years to break down again... * Climate Protection Act | fossil lobby | Emissions | Sectors A fiasco: Criticism of the traffic light draft for the new climate law Energy and climate – compact: The federal government is planning to weaken the climate protection law. The FDP and lobbies have prevailed again...

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

    From the perspective of the fossil and nuclear economy, it has already achieved too much in the transition to the expansion of renewable energies. The climate-damaging energy companies from the oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear sectors have become too accustomed to the downturn in the expansion of renewable energies that took place under Chancellor Merkel and thus saw their business models protected. Those in criticism...

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