1. Newsletter

    – und die Allianz verdient daran mit. „We secure your future“ lautet das Versprechen des Versicherers. Mit lukrativen fossilen Investitionen sichert die Allianz jedoch vor allem eins: ihre eigene Zukunft als wirtschaftliches Unternehmen... * Wirkungsgrad | Perowskit | Tandem-Solarzellen Leicht, flexibel, effizient: Tandem-Solarzellen auf Perovskit-Basis Vom Labor aufs Dach Zwei Schichten für...

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

    zu sein, was mit Verbrennern nicht geht. Entsprechende Verbote sind jetzt schon in Vorbereitung. Was nützt ein Achtzylinder, wenn ich ihn zu Hause stehen lassen muss? Der Verbrenner hat keine Zukunft, doch es fehlt an Aufklärung dazu. Sonst würde sich die Nachfrage schon jetzt stärker ändern. Die Autoindustrie macht dafür vor allem die Politik verantwortlich: zu wenige Ladesäulen, gekappte...

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

    Hoffnung für deutsche Solarindustrie? Die deutsche Solarbranche steckt in der Krise. Doch ein Hersteller trotzt dem Trend - setzt auf Innovation und Technologievorsprung. Eine mögliche Zukunft für den Standort? Es sind nicht gerade wenige Herausforderungen, mit denen die Solarindustrie in Deutschland zu kämpfen hat. China überschwemmt den europäischen Markt mit Billigprodukten. Trotzdem hat die...

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

    Potenzial für den Ausbau der Offshore Windenergie. Derzeit befindet sich die Offshore-Windenergie in dem südamerikanischen Land aber noch in der Initialisierungsphase. Das könnte sich in naher Zukunft mit einer jetzt unterzeichneten Absichtserklärung aber schnell ändern. Mit dem Beitritt Brasiliens zur Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) während der Klimakonferenz COP 28 in Dubai hat das Land...

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

    fährt im Gazakrieg einen Kurs ins Nichts. Nichts soll von Gaza übrig bleiben, nichts ist ihm das Leben der Menschen dort wert, nichts zeigt er an Kompromissbereitschaft für eine gemeinsame Zukunft mit den PalästinenserInnen. Diese Sicherheitspolitik ist keine Unterstützung wert – nicht mehr... * Demokratie | AfD-Veranstaltung | Gegendemo AfD-Veranstaltung in Schortens: Partei will Gegendemos...

  6. Newsletter

    Bundestagswahlprogramm der Grünen oder parlamentarischen Anträgen der Union wiederfinden lässt. Das 2023 erschienene Buch "Bausteine für Klimagerechtigkeit – 8 Maßnahmen für eine solidarische Zukunft" des Leipziger Konzeptwerks Neue Ökonomie ist Beleg, dass dem Trend der kosmetischen Ausschlachtung von wunderbar progressiv klingenden Begriffen wie "Klimagerechtigkeit" oder "Transformation" etwas...

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

    Franzosen kamen nur mit dem Import von deutschem Wind- und Solarstrom über den Sommer und in England lagen Anfang Januar 2024 sechs von neun AKWs still. Ein Atomdesaster folgt dem anderen. Die Zukunft gehört den Erneuerbaren. Die Sonne schickt uns 15.000 Mal mehr Energie wie zur Zeit alle acht Milliarden Menschen verbrauchen. Das Solarzeitalter beginnt – die Sonne gewinnt. Atomkraft ade! In den...

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

    so-called precision-guided munitions, bombs and more - bypassing the legally required reports to Congress... * Netherlands | Duration | Borssele nuclear power station Bright future for Zeeland Endless nuclear power Dutch parliament decides to build four new nuclear power plants. 50-year-old reactor could continue to operate until 2050 Gas production in the Dutch...

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

    this with the country's war economy. The more ammunition and tanks Russia produces, the more the economy grows - this is problematic because this productivity does not flow into the country's future, but literally evaporates in Ukraine. Russia is showing the first signs of economic decline. Recently, several major Chinese banks from Russia...

  10. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    for operations in the Gaza Strip. The US government has clearly rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's post-war plan for the Gaza Strip. For the future of the Palestinian territory, the USA had formulated the principles months ago that it would not be a "base for terrorism", that there would be "no Israeli reoccupation" there and that...

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

    If Vladimir Putin's handling of his opponents corresponds, then Alexei Navalny has now died in his fight for freedom in his country. The Russian opposition figure knew he was risking his future under Putin's dictatorship when he returned to his homeland of his own free will in 2021. He could have stayed in Germany, where he struggled to get back on track after the poison attack in Russia...

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

    perhaps loosen the debt brake a little, as some economists are now massively demanding. However, none of the larger parties have heard that there is also leverage on the revenue side to equip the state treasury for sustainable politics. On the contrary: Ministers Christian Lindner (FDP) and Robert Habeck (Greens) are currently calling for...

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

    | WNISR nuclear lobbyist elected to the board of the Renewable Energy Research Association Union and FDP, together with the right-wing radical AFD, are trying to give nuclear energy a future in Germany again. They justify this with currently high electricity prices and a weak expansion of renewable energies. Over the last ten years, the Union and the FDP have promoted the expansion of renewable energies...

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

    EDF Foundation is showing an exhibition in Paris entitled: “Tomorrow is canceled”. The foundation of the second largest electricity producer in the world claims to be questioning “our future”. It would be more appropriate to ask the question primarily about the future of the company behind the foundation. Because the beleaguered energy company “Électricité de France” (EDF) is...

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

    "I don't feel the immediate consequences for the climate, for example by the temperatures falling again or the glaciers growing." Climate-friendly actions today would therefore only have consequences in the distant future: "That's what makes it so difficult: the immediately positive experience that comes with the climate-damaging one This can be accompanied by behavior - such as reaching for the meat dish that I...

  16. 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

    shown that it is shortly after twelve o'clock - and fascists have long been among us, even in the so-called "middle of society", who are pursuing very concrete, brutal expulsion plans... * Future | Climate activists | Farmers' protests It is better to protest for climate protection. Many people deny the legitimacy of the protests by climate activists, but they support the farmers' protests. Included...

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

    Terminals are already operational in Cameron, with up to a dozen more planned. If the expansion is not stopped, Travis Dardar sees little future for this area. In addition to the disruption to fishing, residents in the region around Cameron are exposed to increasing emissions from the many plants. These release formaldehyde, benzene and...

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

    "It is less able to deal with the effects of climate change," she says. Technical solutions alone will not be enough to combat climate change. Instead, new narratives will be needed in the future: for example, that prosperity and fossil fuels are not necessarily linked and climate protection must also mean more justice. STANDARD: Ms. Otto, recently...

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

    Photovoltaic systems will soon be installed on the roofs of church buildings in Baden. The Evangelical Regional Church in Baden has ambitious goals for a sustainable future. It is planning a comprehensive photovoltaics offensive in 2024. The long-term goal is to be completely climate neutral by 2040. To this end, the regional church has entered into a partnership with a...

  20. 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”

    says climate expert Frauke Röser: "It's the beginning of the end for coal, oil and gas." Even the oil-producing countries have now understood "that they are sitting on a product that will probably no longer be in such high demand in the future." ntv.de: Does COP28 really “de facto mark the end of the fossil age,” as Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said? Or...