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Ein geplantes EU-Verbot von PFAS, auch Ewigkeitschemikalien genannt, kommt nicht voran. Empfohlen wird es von der Europäischen Chemikalienagentur (Echa). Auch Behörden aus Deutschland wie das Umweltbundesamt unterstützen es. Jetzt fordert aber die Bundestagsfraktion von CDU/CSU im Einklang mit der Chemischen Industrie, dass sich die Bundesregierung in Brüssel für eine Abschwächung einsetzt. „Der...
den zwölf Monaten vor dem Atomausstieg waren es 210 TWh gewesen. Diese Zahlen hat das Fraunhofer ISE im Rahmen seiner Energy-Charts aufbereitet. Der CO₂-Wert des deutschen Strommixes, den das Umweltbundesamt für 2022 noch auf 434 Gramm pro Kilowattstunde bezifferte, ist 2023 trotz Atomausstieg auf unter 400 Gramm gesunken. [...] Stimmt es, dass große Teile der Welt auf Atomkraft setzen, während...
Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD
Klimapolitik. Damit wird das geltende Klimaschutzgesetz gebrochen – dies droht das Vertrauen in den Rechtsstaat und die Verlässlichkeit von Politik zu untergraben. Laut der heute vom Umweltbundesamt (UBA) veröffentlichten Emissionsdaten für 2023 werden im Verkehrssektor zum dritten und im Gebäudesektor zum vierten Mal in Folge die gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Reduktionsziele verfehlt – trotz...
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...
| harmful to reproduction Cause still unclear Researchers discover toxic plasticizers in urine samples The substances have been banned or strictly regulated for years. Nevertheless, the Federal Environment Agency found dangerous plasticizers in numerous urine samples, including those from many children. How they can end up there in such large numbers is a mystery to the researchers. The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has...
that the transport sector in Germany continues to miss its climate targets, the Federal Government's Expert Council for Climate Issues confirmed that the building sector had too little ambition, and the Federal Environment Agency called for utmost urgency in expanding renewable energies in order to achieve the climate targets in the coming years. At the same time, aviation tracking company Flightradar24 reported...
There was no reform of the debt brake, but rather a radical abolition. This can also happen with much more important agricultural subsidies than the fuel tax subsidy. As early as 2008, the Federal Environment Agency criticized the partial tax refund for agricultural diesel. It was already clear back then: the cheaper the fossil fuel, the less incentive agriculture and the agricultural technology industry have to...
Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support
The final processing time for money laundering-related reports is currently 108 days. In many cases, suspicious money may have been passed on long ago... * Emissions trading | Federal Environment Agency | Climate and Transformation Fund New record revenue in emissions trading: Over 18 billion euros for climate protection Proceeds from European and national emissions trading increase by 40...
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...
reduce pesticides. They see the great danger that the high use of pesticides poses to biodiversity and the foundations of life such as water, air and soil. [...] Jörn Wogram from the Federal Environment Agency also emphasizes that these scientific findings have been proven. However, the EFSA did not record this in this detail in its assessment report because it...
can now be examined in a feasibility study. [...] The contract for the report is to be awarded this year. The background for the considerations is a study by the Federal Environment Agency, according to which there is a risk of bottlenecks in the drinking water supply in the greater Berlin area and along the Spree. The impending state of emergency is primarily due to the fact that after the end of the...
Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years
from Tepco removes most radioactive elements except tritium, an isotope of hydrogen that is difficult to separate from water... * Climate targets | Federal Environment Agency | Climate law Traffic light violates Climate law Germany will significantly miss climate targets for 2030 The Federal Environment Agency is publishing the 2023 projection report today. According to this, Germany will...
– or rather, way too much of it. In 2022, 48,8 percent of all drinks purchased in German stores were sold in single-use plastic bottles, according to a study by the Federal Environment Agency in 2022. How can that be? The author asked the staff of the local supermarket: The market's offerings only reflect customer wishes - and that in Berlin...
Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson
Mainly thanks to lower electricity consumption, green electricity reached new record levels in the electricity mix in the first half of the year. This is shown by the half-yearly balance sheets of the Fraunhofer Institute ISE and the Federal Environment Agency. Since the summer heat began in Germany, the price of electricity on the stock exchange has regularly fallen to zero and even below. The main reason is the recent strong expansion of photovoltaics....
went on strike against the processes of normality instead of going to school. What was thought impossible appeared on the horizon: the conviction that we can really do something to combat climate change... * Federal Environment Agency | Achieving climate goals | UBA transport sector: Climate targets achievable with new vehicle tax and new heating systems The Federal Environment Agency has calculated how the 2030 climate targets can still be achieved...
Newsletter XX 2023 - May 14th to 20th - News+ Heat waves hit poor neighborhoods particularly hard
unpleasant. The effects of heat waves range from "illnesses such as sunstroke, heat stress, fainting, heat cramps and heat strokes to heat-related death," writes the Federal Environment Agency. In fact, heat waves usually claim significantly more lives than floods, storms or earthquakes. Between 2018 and 2020, more than 19.000 people died in Germany as a result of heat...
these eternal chemicals contaminate. Germany is therefore working with four other countries to ban PFAS throughout the European Union, which should take effect from 2026. The Federal Environment Agency is currently working on a corresponding draft law from the EU Commission. The office's team of experts includes chemist Jona Schulze. In an interview with ntv.de he explains the dangers of...
... This playlist contains over 150 videos on the topic of Ecosia. This search engine plants trees! Keyword search: CO2 extraction CCS https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=CO2 extraction CCS Federal Environment Agency Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany increased by 2021 percent in 4,5 compared to the previous year. This corresponds to a reduction of 38,7 percent in...
presented to prevent this from happening this year. The BUND therefore speaks of a violation of the law. “The SPD, FDP and the Greens are breaking the law,” explains von Broock. “The figures from the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) confirm this,” Now the environmental protection association is preparing a climate lawsuit against the federal government... *** March 17th PFAS | Drinking water | Gendorf Chemical Park Chemicals in water...
Newsletter X 2023 - March 5th to 11th - News+ Dangerous toxins: Which products contain PFAS
PFAS from contaminated soil and water in plants and accumulation in fish, these substances are also absorbed into the human food chain,” says a statement from the Federal Environment Agency. People can also absorb PFAS through the air and drinking water. PFAS: Danger to human health - ban required In an investigation by the Federal Environment Agency in 2022...
