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

    in Höhe von minus 70 bis zu minus 690 Euro pro Tonne CO2. [...] Auch das Umweltbundesamt (UBA) spricht sich für einen Abbau der umwelt- und klimaschädlichen Subventionen unter anderem im Verkehrssektor aus. Konkrete Vorschläge machte die Behörde in der jüngsten Haushaltskrise zu Dieselprivileg und Pendlerpauschale. Beim Dieselprivileg könnten sechs Milliarden Euro eingespart werden, rechnete...

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

    Schulkinder. * Klimaziele | CO2-Emissionen | Verkehr(t)sminister Expertenrat für Klimafragen Verkehr verfehlt Klimaziel zum dritten Mal In Deutschland wurde 2023 weniger CO2 ausgestoßen, der Verkehrssektor hat seine Klimaziele aber deutlich verfehlt. Politisch wird das keine direkten Folgen haben, denn die Bundesregierung hat das Klimaschutzgesetz entsprechend angepasst. Bis 2030 sollen die...

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

    found 52 cases during the study period. The FDP agreed to cooperate in 22 cases, while the Greens only did so five times and were therefore the least likely... * Climate protection | Transport sector | Building sector emissions data 2023: Federal Chancellor must stop breaking the law in the climate protection law Germanwatch calls for immediate emergency programs for the transport and building sectors /...

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

    to come into action. In fact, psychological processes also play a role in our inaction. In the spring of 2023, a study commissioned by German Environmental Aid showed that the transport sector in Germany continues to miss its climate targets, the Federal Government's Expert Council for Climate Issues found that the federal government's expert council for climate issues lacked ambition, and the Federal Environment Agency warned...

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

    separated from each other using chemical processes (PUREX). Separated uranium and plutonium can then be used again. That's the theory... December 7th Climate-damaging subsidies in the transport sector The money is on the street The traffic light coalition actually wanted to reduce climate-damaging subsidies. There is a lot of potential, particularly in the transport sector. But the FDP is slowing down. [...] What...

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

    As already reported, he uses the law quite creatively. The Climate Protection Act actually stipulates that the government presents an immediate climate protection program for the transport sector. In 2022, it once again significantly exceeded its legally stipulated emission quantity. The law was specifically passed in the summer of 2021 shortly before the last federal election...

  7. Newsletter XXXVI 2023 - September 3rd to 9th - News+ Scientist predicts brutal “population correction” later this century

    A fatal signal, says c't editor Jan Mahn. What the Transport and Digital Minister has had to endure in the last few weeks. First he came under pressure because the transport sector for which he was responsible failed to meet the government's climate targets, then various groups complained about the federal government's digital strategy for which he was responsible. And then there was criticism again when he...

  8. Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson

    in order to compensate for the climate targets from 2022 that were missed in his area. Because Wissing had not complied with this, Fridays for Future (FFF) presented its own immediate program for the transport sector - and called for Wissing's dismissal. The Transport Minister is not fulfilling his legal obligations, said FFF spokesman Pit Terjung on Monday in Berlin. The immediate program from FFF...

  9. Newsletter XXVII 2023 - July 2nd to 8th - News+ Is nuclear power experiencing a renaissance? There are also military interests behind it

    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 | Transport sector UBA: 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 and suggests instruments such as...

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

    In its current statement, the Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) calls on the federal government to curb the high consumption of land and resources as well as the climate-damaging emissions in the construction and transport sectors. In the paper “Sustainable paths in urban development, construction and transport policy” (PDF), the council proposes a variety of concrete measures for an ecological-social construction and...

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

    The thorium reactor TMSR-LF1 in northwest China, in the Gobi Desert, will soon go into operation... * Climate protection | Transport sector | Wissing Quaschning explains: Wissing's climate protection The transport sector is mercilessly tearing down its climate targets, but Minister Wissing is sticking to the combustion engine, wants to build new motorways and weaken the climate protection law. Others should save CO2. That will not work....

  12. Newsletter XVII 2023 - April 23rd to 29th - News+ Faulty SPD, self-deception at 1,5 degrees and war as a climate destroyer

    be held solely responsible for the global climate change. The study states: "If all sectors and countries delayed their emission reductions like the German transport sector, a global temperature increase of three degrees Celsius would be expected." This may seem a bit contrived at first glance, but it makes sense. The scientific foundation of...

  13. Newsletter XIII 2023 - March 26 to April 1 - News+ What uranium ammunition would do to Ukraine

    reviewed, also broken down by sector. But that would have no practical consequences for the individual ministry. The departments could also trade among themselves: If the transport sector exceeds its budget, but there is room for maneuver in the energy sector, there would be no formal problem - the main thing is that the overall balance is correct... * Renewable | Heating wood | Romania | deforestation | Wood mafia...

  14. Newsletter XI 2023 - March 12th to 18th - News+ 12 years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima – What have we learned from it?

    However, in the building sector, two important sectors have their legally established CO₂ requirements. Transport and environmental protection associations are therefore accusing the federal government of breaking the law. [...] The transport sector under Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) emitted nine million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents more than legally permitted in 2022 - thus the emissions targets in this sector were raised for the second time...

  15. Newsletter VII 2023 - February 12th to 18th - News+ Buzzword climate neutrality, saviors of the fossil lobby and the talk of alarmism

    Sometimes more climate-friendly, today seven times more climate-friendly - the figures once again show that the federal government should focus much more on rail freight transport in order to achieve the climate goals in the transport sector,” says Dirk Flege, Managing Director of the Pro-Rail Alliance. “In particular, the discussion within the federal government about new highways for future freight transport should...

  16. Newsletter XLVI 2022 - November 16th to 23rd - News+ Now only the wisdom of the Peace of Westphalia can help

    The radioactive waste is likely to burn again... * Energy consumption | primary energy | Renewable energy consumption in Germany is falling far too slowly Energy and climate – compact: More fossil fuels are burned in the transport sector, in industry and in power plants than a year ago. Meanwhile, energy use is falling. But more would be possible. Germany's energy consumption...

  17. Newsletter XLIV 2022 - November 01st to 07th - News+ Do not fear progress and technology, fear capitalism

    continue the work on energy and climate – compact: The Federal Ministry of Economics has presented key points for a climate protection program. Instead of a U-turn, you rely on business as usual. There is a lack of planning, especially in the transport sector. [...] Emissions from the transport sector must be reduced to 2030 million tonnes of CO85 equivalents by 2; in 2021 emissions were 148 million tonnes. On...

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