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

    Die mächtigste ist die Ölindustrie, ihr Einfluss auf die Politik ist gewaltig. Sie steuert eine völlig abseitige Propaganda gegen Elektroautos. Da werden dumme Gerüchte gestreut, etwa, im Winter funktioniere ein E‑Auto nicht. Es werden CO2-Vergleiche aufgestellt, die beim E‑Auto die Vorketten aller Bauteile beinhalten, beim Verbrenner den Beitrag von Ölförderung, -verarbeitung und -transport...

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

    "Aktuell haben wir eine Kapazität aller Kraftwerke im Land von knapp 26.000 MW. Im Juni 2024 soll sie auf 30.000 MW steigen. Der Verbrauch zu Spitzenzeiten im Sommer 2023 lag bei 15.164 MW, im Winter bei 10.733 MW", sagt Rabeya ungerührt. Erstaunt frage ich, ob Bangladesch jetzt Strom nach Indien verkauft, doch sie sagt: "Nein, wir kaufen noch Strom aus Indien dazu. Genauer gesagt von Gautam...

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

    Kilowattstunden komplett durch den Zubau an Erneuerbaren kompensiert. Aber auch ein leicht reduzierter Stromverbrauch aufgrund der wirtschaftlichen Lage in der Industrie und ein extrem milder Winter drückten den Bedarf an Kohle. Die Stabilität der Stromversorgung war – auch das hatten Kritiker infrage gestellt – weiterhin gegeben. Aber die Stabilität hängt ohnehin mehr am Zustand der Netze und...

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

    In Deutschland müssen sich 236,6 Einwohner einen Quadratkilometer teilen. Da sollte man doch denken, dass es im leeren Russland genug Auslauf für Hühner gäbe. Stattdessen brach in diesem Winter eine „Eierkrise“ aus, die zur Staatsaffäre wurde, weil sich im Fernsehen eine wütende Rentnerin bei Präsident Putin beschwerte. Denn Eier waren um 61 Prozent teurer geworden oder gleich ganz aus den...

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    die im Zuge der Rekommunalisierung zunehmend von den Kommunen als Teil der Daseinsvorsorge übernommen worden waren, standen nun vor einem Problem. Aus Angst, in einem kalten Winter nicht genügend Gas zur Versorgung ihrer Kunden zu haben und bei Bedarf nicht schnell genug am Markt nachkaufen zu können, schlossen sie Lieferverträge ab, als die Preise zu Beginn des Ukraine-Krieges hoch waren... *...

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

    Dürre erklärt. Seit 2018 kämpften viele Regionen landesweit mit extremem Wassermangel. In den Sommern regnete es in vielen Jahren wochenlang überhaupt nicht und der Niederschlag in den Wintern konnte das nicht ausgleichen. Erst im vergangenen Jahr und diesen Winter fiel erstmals wieder ausreichend Niederschlag, die Grundwasserspiegel stiegen deutlich an. Und doch warnen einige: Die Dürre könnte...

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

    considers the solar industry to be systemically relevant, is in favor of the bonus and in favor of building new solar factories in Germany and Europe... * Energy supply | Electricity price | Coal-fired power generation survived the winter without nuclear power - and electricity is cheaper The meteorological winter is over - the second after Russia's attack on Ukraine and the first after the final exit from...

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

    why we need solar cell production in Germany. Because we need solar panels. But this is a mass product. We might as well subsidize warm sweaters if you don't want to be dependent on China in the winter. That would make just as much sense. Are you not worried that China will stop deliveries to Europe, for example to exert political pressure over Taiwan?...

  9. 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

    the banks have no claim to the funds... * United States | Power outages | Storm Violent storms in the USA 811.000 households and businesses without power - at least three dead Violent winter storms have hit parts of the USA: several people died, buildings collapsed, hundreds of thousands of households were cut off from power. In large parts of the USA...

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

    Lobbies. BERLIN taz | Tim Kehler is the managing director of Zukunft Gas – and therefore the top lobbyist for the German natural gas industry. The major energy companies are members of the association: Shell, Total, Wintershall Dea, Evonik, EnBW, Equinor, Uniper and the Gazprom subsidiary Wingas. 70 German municipal utilities also pay membership fees. “Germany is expected to produce a total of 217 million tons this year...

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

    Newly released documents from the federal court in Manhattan in which Cohen justifies his behavior... * Renewables | Blackout | CO2 prices One hundred percent renewables on a winter day instead of a blackout Thanks to high CO2 prices, the use of brown coal is becoming increasingly unprofitable. This means that the share of conventional energy is decreasing, while the share of renewable energy is increasing - on some days...

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

    subsidies. He also thinks tax increases are one way. There are no alternatives to wind power at sea. “Wind power on land is only possible to a limited extent; photovoltaics do not deliver reliably in winter,” says Quaschning. “We are urgently dependent on the planned offshore wind power.” [...] Above all, the long period between application and electricity production needs to be shortened...

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

    | Stranded Assets | Compensation payments German LNG overkill Claudia Kemfert predicts liquid gas disaster The temperatures are falling, the need for heating is increasing. Unlike last winter, the German gas storage facilities are overfull this year, even without Russian pipeline gas. However, the new LNG terminals have little to do with this. Only ten percent of the supplies were delivered over the...

  14. Newsletter XLIV 2023 - October 29th to November 4th - News+ Uranium exports from Lingen to Russia violate EU law - study by the Greens justifies the possibility of a ban

    compared the data with the animals' level of access to their feeding grounds and the abundance of crustaceans and found a clear pattern. [...] North Pacific gray whales spend their winters in warm lagoons off Mexico, where they raise their offspring. However, in summer they migrate to the Arctic to feed on crustaceans. The huge marine mammals - which can reach a length of up to 17 meters...

  15. Newsletter XLI 2023 - October 8th to 14th - News+ India - Flood and destruction - the last generation is right

    the tendency towards days with low temperatures. New temperature records are becoming more likely. It should be taken into account that, due to natural variability, there will continue to be cold winters, cool summers and the risk of late frosts. However, the probability of these three events mentioned is decreasing as a result of global warming. In 2021, there were...

  16. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    Production ended this Sunday in the Groningen field, which has been disrupted by earthquakes for years. However, eleven boreholes at the site, which was opened in the 1963s, are to be kept open for another year in the event of a "severe winter". Despite the closure, experts warn that quakes in the region could continue. [...] According to Shell, between 2020 and 429, approximately XNUMX...

  17. Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread

    DIW report that the planned floating terminals are not necessary to secure gas supplies in the short and long term. [...] The study emphasizes that there was no gas shortage last winter and that the natural gas markets have stabilized this year. A shortage is not foreseeable for the coming winter either. The gas storage facilities in Germany and...

  18. Newsletter XXXVII 2023 - September 10th to 16th - News+ How Germany is ruining the climate with billions in gifts to industry

    The conditions can be frightening. Not just the war in Ukraine and its escalation, which the local government has willingly accepted, leading to nuclear war and nuclear winter with potentially up to five billion deaths, or the confrontation with China, which the West wants to deny its proper place in the global community. In particular, the consistent...

  19. Newsletter XXXIII 2023 - August 13th to 19th - News+ Military coup in Niger: Uranium mining and environmental destruction as deeper reasons?

    is energy and climate – compact: Many households are afraid of not being able to pay rising energy costs. However, the willingness to save energy is also low. Why is that? Before the winter of 2022, there was great concern about a gas shortage, and public institutions, employers and private individuals were asked to enter the winter with lower room temperatures. In fact...

  20. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    equivalent to one year's global healthcare spending. The organization is therefore calling on governments worldwide to vote at the United Nations General Assembly this winter to begin negotiations on a UN tax convention to avert these astronomical losses... August 4 Fossile | Subsidies | Emissions trading Germany gives...

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