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

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

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

    werden, das 2035er-Ziel von minus 45 Prozent wurde gleich ganz entfernt. Dabei bezogen sich die Ziele ohnehin schon nur auf die konzerneigenen Emissionen – nicht auf den Verkauf. Auch Umweltverbände weisen unter Bezug auf Studien und offizielle Berichte wiederholt darauf hin, dass sich die Lage seit 2021 noch verschärft hat. Laut der Internationalen Energieagentur (IEA) etwa muss der Verbrauch...

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

    Sabotage und Desinformation bekomme, teilte "ausgestrahlt" mit. [...] Kritik an der Zusammenarbeit mit Rosatom kam in der Vergangenheit sowohl von Bund und Ländern als auch von Initiativen und Umweltverbänden. Rosatom ist direkt dem Kreml unterstellt und soll auch bei der militärischen Besetzung des ukrainischen AKW Saporischschja beteiligt gewesen sein. Das französische Unternehmen Framatome...

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

    wie der Atem der Demokratie schwächer wird. Ich bin froh, daß Sie alle hier sind und ihr neues Leben einblasen wollen. Ich hoffe, es ist nicht zu spät. * CO2-Emissionen | Vermeidung | CCS Umweltverbände Oberirdischer Streit über unterirdische CO₂-Endlager Ein Thesenpapier zur CCS-Technologie, an dem die Umweltorganisationen WWF und Nabu mitgearbeitet haben, trifft auf Widerspruch. Die...

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

    Agrarindustrie Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik (GAP) Fakebauern kassieren EU-Agrarsubventionen: Landwirte und Höfe nicht unter Topempfängern. Nutznießer etwa Kommunen, Finanzinvestoren, Konzerne – und Umweltverbände Es klingt wie eine Binse: EU-Agrarsubventionen sind für Landwirte und Hofbetreiber. Für wen sonst, oder? Weit gefehlt! Unter den Top-ten der Empfänger hierzulande ist kein...

  6. 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

    this brilliant atomic heritage will not be available for many decades? The above-ground interim storage previously planned for 40 years could now last for over 100 years. Environmental associations are calling for the extended interim storage to be critically examined and not only to examine the risks of an “above-ground life extension” but also terrorism...

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

    stop” 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. Why? Kerstin Ciesla: Because the...

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

    The Konrad nuclear waste storage facility in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, will continue to be built for the time being. Environment Minister Christian Meyer (Greens) announced this today. His ministry temporarily rejected the applications from environmental associations to withdraw, revoke and stop construction of the planning approval decision and the demand to stop further construction work. Meyer explains this with a legal...

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

    Actually reduce subsidies. There is a lot of potential, particularly in the transport sector. But the FDP is slowing down. [...] What the Greens wanted to sell as a success in the spring is also a bitter disappointment for the environmental associations. Of all people, Wissing, whose area of ​​responsibility, the transport sector, is at the bottom of the list when it comes to climate protection - Wissing of all places will be relieved of responsibility...

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

    gone. But then there was the ruling of the Constitutional Court. Saving is considered a great virtue in Germany, and the debt brake is the most sacred cow in politics today... * Environmental associations | Climate Protection Act Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court: Court obliges government to take immediate measures against greenhouse gases Germany is not doing enough to reduce harmful greenhouse gases...

  11. Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?

    the expansion of attics and the installation of cell phone masts. Further simplifications, for example in the healthcare system and the hydrogen industry, should follow, said Scholz. Criticism from environmental associations Hesse's Prime Minister Boris Rhein (CDU), the chairman of the Prime Minister's Conference (MPK), spoke of a "good move and an important step." Conversion and expansion of apartments will...

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

    Begleiter geworden, weltweit in den Nachrichten wie auch für viele Menschen hier persönlich. Die Ampel gibt freie Fahrt für die Vernichtung des Klimas, Streichung der Beteiligungsrechte für Umweltverbände und Aushöhlung der Asyl- und Menschenrechte. Die Rassist_innen von AfD und CDU werden immer lauter und stärker. Da fällt es manchen schwer, aktiv zu werden oder Mensch ist zu sehr beschäftigt,...

  13. Newsletter XXXII 2023 - August 6th to 12th - News+ Hiroshima - The asphalt will burn. Chaos will reign

    The ESK considers Würgassen to be “plausible”. [...] It is unclear whether the final repository will even go into operation. It is also completely unclear whether the Konrad final repository will even go into operation. The environmental associations BUND and Nabu have applied for the building permit to be revoked. The criticism: Konrad does not correspond to the state of science and technology, it is an old mine, it has no...

  14. 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...

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

    If you are looking to explain the function of a heat pump to the editorial team, how about a first-year student in business administration who would then also take 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...

  16. Newsletter XV 2023 - April 9th ​​to 15th - News+ Traffic light climate, Switzerland as a role model and the better alternative to e-fuels

    The EU Commission wants to include ships and aircraft in the taxonomy and thus label them as sustainable investments. Environmental groups fear that this is the “nail in the coffin” for the credibility of the taxonomy. The last word has not yet been spoken. If only everything were that easy. A few plenary sessions here, a few signatures there, and planes and ships are “green”. That's how it would have...

  17. Newsletter XIV 2023 - April 2-8 - News+ Wars and School Massacres: The Cancer of Dehumanization

    zunächst fünf Musterverfahren ist es, den Verkauf von ausgewählten Produkten mit besonders giftigen und umweltschädlichen Wirkstoffen zu stoppen. Bislang hindert die Bundesregierung deutsche Umweltverbände daran, die Zulassung von Pestiziden zum Schutz der Chemiekonzerne gerichtlich zu überprüfen. Bereits im November vergangenen Jahres hatte die DUH durch den Europäischen Gerichtshof klären...

  18. Newsletter X 2023 - March 5th to 11th - News+ Dangerous toxins: Which products contain PFAS

    Spokesperson for the citizens' initiative warns against this. BERLIN taz | The energy company RWE's plans to build a liquid natural gas terminal off the coast of the Baltic Sea island of Rügen are causing protests. Environmental associations speak of the largest fossil fuel project in Europe and warn of overcapacity and the dangers for tourism and the environment. It involves four stationary floating LNG terminals with...

  19. Newsletter III 2023 - January 15-21 - News+ Climate Scam - Exxon knew it all

    Although feared, the clarity and conciseness is unexpected.”... *** January 18 Taxonomy | Sustainable investments Climate compatibility of investments: Better than the EU taxonomy The greenwashed observatory, set up by environmental associations, informs investors about the sustainability of investments. BERLIN taz | In response to the EU taxonomy with the controversial...

  20. Newsletter I 2023 - January 1st to 7th - News+ Where Are the Peacemakers?

    become. The climate activists failed in an urgent application against this order on Thursday before the Aachen administrative court, but they want to continue the lawsuit. A broad alliance of environmental associations, climate groups and local initiatives is therefore calling for a large demonstration in the village on January 14th. The activists want to take part in the demonstration despite the current...

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