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    den USA: Hermesbürgschaft für Abwanderung Meyer Burger schließt die Solarfabrik in Freiberg und baut eine neue in den USA. Die Linkspartei kritisiert, dass die Bundesregierung das fördert. BERLIN taz | Die Linkspartei im Bundestag kritisiert, dass das von Robert Habeck (Grüne) geführte Bundeswirtschaftsministerium dem Schweizer Solarmodulhersteller Meyer Burger eine Hermesbürgschaft für den...

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

    verletzt Plakatierer im Wahlkampf des demokratischen Spektrums in Sachsen werden wiederholt attackiert. Nun wurde Matthias Ecke, SPD-Spitzenkandidat für die Europawahl, verletzt. BERLIN/DRESDEN taz/rtr/dpa/afp | Der sächsische SPD-Spitzenkandidat für die Europawahl, Matthias Ecke, ist nach Angaben der Partei beim Plakatieren in Dresden angegriffen und schwer verletzt worden. Er müsse operiert...

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

    „Russen haben die Zone vermint“ 38 Jahre nach dem GAU ist die Gegend um Tschernobyl immer noch verstrahlt. Durch den Angriffskrieg drohen neue Gefahren, warnt Sperrzonen-Chef Andrij Tymtschuk. taz: Am 26. April 1986 explodierte Reaktor 4 des nach Lenin benannten Atomkraftwerks bei Tschernobyl. Sie sind Vizechef der staatlichen Agentur, die die Sperrzone um das zerstörte Kraftwerk managt. Wie ist...

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

    mehr: Deutschland verschont Superreiche Die Mittelschicht zahlt in Deutschland und Österreich mehr Steuern als Milliardäre und Multimillionäre. In der Schweiz müssen diese mehr abgeben. BERLIN taz | 73 Milliarden Euro: So viel könnte der deutsche Staat einnehmen, wenn die Vermögensteuern auf Schweizer Niveau angehoben würden. Österreich würde das Schweizer Steuerniveau etwa 5 Milliarden Euro...

  5. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    Berlin aufgelöst: Kampf um die Deutungshoheit Nur zwei Stunden nach Beginn hatte die Polizei den umstrittenen „Palästina-Kongress“ aufgelöst. Über das Vorgehen tobt der Streit nun im Netz. BERLIN taz | Es gibt viele Möglichkeiten, eine Veranstaltung zu verhindern. Man kann versuchen, sie zu verbieten. Man kann die Organisatoren unter Druck setzen und ihnen das Konto sperren lassen. Man kann das...

  6. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    EU nimmt China ins Visier Die Kommission ermittelt gegen zwei Firmen wegen des Verdachts unerlaubter Subventionen. Die deutsche Solarbranche lehnt Anti-Dumping-Zölle ab. BRÜSSEL/BERLIN taz | Der deutschen Solarbranche droht nach dem Weggang wichtiger Hersteller der nächste Schlag ins Kontor: Ein Handelskonflikt zwischen der EU und China könnten Module und Vorprodukte deutlich verteuern. Ein...

  7. Newsletter

    | Ahaus Streit in NRW: Atom­kraft­geg­ne­r ausgeladen Um­welt­schüt­ze­r:in­nen wehren sich gegen neue Castor-Transporte. Doch das Landeswirtschaftsministerium spricht nicht mehr mit ihnen. BOCHUM taz | Im Streit um hochradioaktive Castor-Transporte wird der Ton zwischen Nordrhein-Westfalens grüner Vize-Ministerpräsidentin Mona Neubaur und Umweltorganisationen frostig. In wenigen Monaten sollen...

  8. Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany

    the criticism of “fantasies” from the nuclear lobby The EU Commission sees nuclear power as the form of energy of the future. A new study commissioned by the federal government, however, warns against new reactors. BERLIN taz | Ursula von der Leyen is committed to expanding nuclear power. It could play an important role in the transition to clean energy, said the EU Commission President on Thursday at...

  9. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    Solar factory in Saxony closes down There are no subsidies for the photovoltaic industry. That's why manufacturer Meyer Burger is closing its factory in Freiberg - and moving to the USA. DRESDEN/FREIBERG taz | The largest solar module factory in Europe will apparently be closed permanently. Manufacturer Meyer Burger announced on Thursday that production had already started two days ago at the factory in Freiberg, Saxony...

  10. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    against reusable EU packaging regulations: 189 kilos of plastic waste The EU wants to set quotas for recycled plastic and specifications for reusable offers. It is unclear whether the FDP will torpedo this. BERLIN taz | Let's see whether the FDP in Brussels blocks another important law this week. This Monday, the packaging regulation is on the agenda in Brussels. With her, the EU wants...

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

    remarkable. Instead of fighting for the freedoms that we will urgently need in the dark years to come, many are calling for fundamental rights to be restricted. Even in the taz, a newspaper that was founded out of an impetus critical of authority and that campaigned for freedoms and against state repression, you suddenly find authoritarian demands: You have to...

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

    France and UK: Own interests Europe's two nuclear powers have been modernizing their nuclear arsenals for a long time. Nuclear power should remain national. BERLIN taz | In addition to the USA, NATO has two other nuclear powers: France with an estimated 290 nuclear warheads and Great Britain with an estimated 225. In comparison to the figures published by the arms research institute SIPRI...

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

    No charges against police officers In the case of the “NSU 2.0” threatening series, an investigation was also carried out against a police officer and his colleague. The public prosecutor's office has now dropped the proceedings. BERLIN taz | The suspicion is serious: The public prosecutor's office has been investigating the Frankfurt police officer Johannes S for years. The suspicion: He is said to have been involved in the "NSU 2.0" series of threats that began...

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

    Kurth: The conservative in the brown zone More and more details about right-wing contacts of Berlin's ex-CDU senator Kurth are coming to light. He already supported the Identitarian movement in 2019. BERLIN taz | Peter Kurth's former CDU party friends could probably have suspected it long ago - if only they had clicked on his friends list on Facebook. Because there you will find a wide selection of...

  15. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    Russians: Rosatom should not go to Lingen The Russian company wants to get involved in fuel rod production in Lower Saxony. Environmentalists are calling for the approval process to be aborted. BERLIN taz | The ongoing approval process for the expansion of the fuel element factory in Lingen, Lower Saxony, must be canceled. This is what anti-nuclear initiatives called for on Wednesday in Hanover. The...

  16. 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

    Sociologist on climate crisis: “Act according to the polluter pays principle” The biggest causes of the climate crisis are also those who have the money to combat it, according to sociologist Sighard Neckel. taz: Mr. Neckel, when did the super-rich actually come into the attention of climate activists? Sighard Neckel: That depends on the available data. In the last decade there has been a...

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

    by NRW: “Stop Castor transports” The planned nuclear waste transports are dangerous and unnecessary, say Kerstin Ciesla and Matthias Eickhoff. A word of power is needed from the very top. taz: Ms. Ciesla, Mr. Eickhoff, environmental associations and anti-nuclear initiatives have been protesting in North Rhine-Westphalia for months against the Castor transports planned this year from Jülich in the Rhineland to Ahaus in Münsterland....

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

    December Trittin Jürgen Trittin on the Greens: “Best sons-in-law in the Republic” Jürgen Trittin looks back on his political career: A conversation about bans, arrogance and compromises. taz: Mr. Trittin, you are stepping down after 25 years in the Bundestag. You have been politically active since you came to Göttingen to study in the 70s. Is there a core of your political life...

  19. Newsletter LI 2023 - December 17th to 23rd - Current news + steps towards climate change, unsettled OPEC and loving politics

    | Defense industry | Weapons exports Rockets for Ukraine Japan is increasingly turning its back on the pacifism of the post-war period: business in the arms industry should be boosted. TOKYO taz | Japan is easing its arms export restrictions to indirectly help Ukraine get urgently needed Patriot missiles. The cabinet decided on Friday to stop the delivery...

  20. 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”

    against right-wing extremism: Where is the pressure against the right? The Federal Prosecutor's Office brings charges against Reich citizens. The Greens are calling for more commitment in the fight against right-wing extremism. BERLIN taz | The indictment has just been made. A year ago, the Federal Prosecutor's Office took action against a group of Reich citizens around the Frankfurt entrepreneur Heinrich Prinz Reuß and arrested 27 people...

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