1. Newsletter

    Gewinne aus dem AKW an den Konzern und Gewerbesteuer in Millionenhöhe an die Gemeinde Biblis geflossen sind, sollen die Folgen nun der Allgemeinheit aufgebürdet werden.“ Auch der Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz (BUND) kritisierte die Entscheidung scharf. Es dürfe nicht sein, dass das Verwaltungsgericht RWE einen Freibrief ausstelle, solange die Grundsatzfrage noch offen sei. Das RP Darmstadt...

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

    expected - five times as many kilometers as in 2021, the ministry announced last week. * May 4th - 5th, 1986 (INES 0 class?) Nuclear power plant THTR 300, DEU Release of radioactivity into the environment means, if the INES rules apply, INES category 3. (Cost approx. 308,2 million US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia de THTR-300 nuclear power plant#Problems and incidents from the THTR-300 nuclear power plant in...

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

    had been called up. The opposition was less tame: there was “twistment of facts instead of open-ended examination” in Habeck and in the environmental ministry, which is also responsible and also led by the Greens, complained Union politicians. They even threatened a committee of inquiry. In 2022, the Green Party's masterminds made the decision to extend the term of German...

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

    Akw Ascó, ESP We are always looking for current information. If you can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de April 20 Lawsuit | legal entity | Environmental law “Should rivers be able to sue, Ms. Zenetti?” Corporations can go to court in Germany, but not rivers, forests or animals? Lawyer Jula Zenetti from the Helmholtz Center...

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

    Not only renewable energies, but also nuclear power, especially at the insistence of France, can be promoted. Special rules were also adopted for aid for coal-fired power plants, which met with resistance from environmentalists and Greens. * United States | China | Trade war US Treasury Secretary Yellen warns China against overinvesting in green technologies China and the US find...

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

    used in countless products, including weatherproof clothing and Teflon, because of their water, grease and dirt repellent properties and heat resistance. Now a series of tests by 14 environmental protection groups from four continents, including the German Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND), shows that almost two thirds of the outdoor jackets for children examined contain PFAS - in...

  7. Newsletter

    It's about rethinking security and putting aside military dogmas and security policy prejudices... * Climate Protection Act | Supply chain | Renaturation | European Green Deal Environmental legislation The sad backwards role of the EU Supply chain standards, renaturation or pesticide rules: Many European environmental and climate laws have been passed in recent months under pressure from...

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

    The world's largest solar plant is currently being built in the United Arab Emirates... * Climate protection | Upgrade | Militarization Between the logic of war and climate protection: How rearmament torpedoes our environmental goals The dream of feasibility easily reconciles rearmament and climate protection. Why this is an illusion - and how society is being remilitarized. Eternal growth...

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

    for the transport and building sector / Transport Minister Wissing's disregard for EU regulations can be expensive for Germany. According to the environmental and development organization Germanwatch, delayed climate protection in the transport sector is now the most serious problem in German climate policy. This breaks the current climate protection law - this threatens trust in the...

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

    PCBs have been banned in Germany since 1989, and in the USA for a decade longer. PCBs can still be released as a byproduct. The chemicals accumulate in the environment over many years and are considered harmful to health. Among other things, they are suspected of being carcinogenic. Often not included in studies The research team led by David Megson from Manchester...

  11. Newsletter IX 2024 - February 25th to March 2nd - News+ Deceptively real AI videos: What if we can no longer believe anything?

    floors. What did it mean for global nutrition? Guest post. There is no question that war leaves lasting destruction in its wake. This includes damage to both people and the environment. As we enter the third year of Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine, we must reflect on the impact of the war on Ukraine, the resilience of its people...

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

    and the wokeness can be imagined as that. In terms of economic policy, we could certainly use a shift to the left. And it's been that way for a while. * pollutant | Urine samples | Phthalate Federal Environment Agency suspects Does the pollutant discovered in children's urine come from sunscreen? A few days ago, a pollutant discovered in urine samples - including from small children - made headlines. The...

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

    like Tesla should have known better. * Repair Right to repair is right - under one condition It must be as easy as possible for consumers to have devices repaired. But for the sake of the environment, there must also be limits. Europe wants to move away from the throwaway mentality. By law, Brussels plans to grant consumers the “right to repair”. Representatives of...

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

    should apply to society as a whole. There is a Nazi slogan that is often printed on T-shirts today: “Trees have roots, so do people.” So everyone should stay where they belong environmentally - why the next best comparison for us humans should be trees and not some fancy animal species remains unclear. [...] The AfD has made it its mission...

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

    | Agricultural industry Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Fake farmers collect EU agricultural subsidies: farmers and farms are not among the top recipients. Beneficiaries include municipalities, financial investors, corporations and environmental associations It sounds like a platitude: EU agricultural subsidies are for farmers and farm operators. Who else, right? Not even close! There is no one among the top ten recipients in this country...

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

    The increase in prices has decreased.«... * Emissions | LNG | Terminal LNG boom in the USA: A dirty business The liquid natural gas industry brings jobs to Louisiana - and destroys the environment and people's health. German companies are also involved. [...] Three different terminals are already in operation in Cameron, with up to a dozen more being planned. Should the...

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

    “Ecoviel” cleaning products are “good for people and nature,” the company “CDF Cleaning Technology” advertises. This may be bold, but legally it's perfectly fine, assures Thomas Fischer from Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), who helped with the recipe. [...] Two million bottles of "Ecoviel" emit 2986 tons of CO2 during their life cycle, calculates the Institute for Technical Environmental Protection at the TU Berlin for ZDF...

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

    advance. Both are a race against time. A race against climate change. * Agriculture | Transformation | diesel | Farmer catcher “Supporting climate transformation” Federal Environment Agency welcomes the removal of agricultural diesel subsidies - and suggests relief for farmers elsewhere From the Federal Environment Agency's point of view, it is right that the Federal Government...

  19. 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”

    had given. The story of this accident, which almost led to the closure of Biblis, as well as the cover-up by RWE and German politics, in which the then Environment Minister Klaus Töpfer was also involved, was examined in detail by "Spiegel" in 1988... Spiegel 11 December 1988 “We were incredibly lucky” For almost a year, the operators...

  20. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    high costs for homeowners have been controversially discussed... * Money for new nuclear power plants should come from climate funds Nuclear power revival: Where Putin and Biden agree Russian environmentalist says: Moscow and Washington are jointly pushing nuclear energy at COP28. Why? And what about environmental crimes in Ukraine? Guest post. [...] Amy Goodman: Why do you think the US promotes...