1. Newsletter

    They are demanding support in order to be able to stand up to this distortion of competition. The SPD and the Greens were in favor of help in the negotiations over the recently passed Solar Package I - also in order not to increase the dependence on Chinese products. The FDP is against it and has prevailed. * Emissions | EU directive | Freight transport Now come the electric trucks Two EU directives...

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

    die Angst vor Russland, das angeblich keine Grenzen kenne, alle Nachbarländer könnten zum Ziel werden. Er will mit dem Kriegs- und Untergangsgerassel auch Europa militärisch und wirtschaftlich unabhängiger von den USA machen. Frankreich schicke schließlich auch Truppen, wenn afrikanische Staaten dies verlangen (oder drängen sich diesen auf). Jetzt nennt er zwei Voraussetzungen für einen Eintritt...

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

    des Planeten. Obwohl sie nur etwa ein Prozent des Meeresgrunds bedecken, beheimaten sie ein Viertel aller marinen Arten. Hunderte Millionen Menschen sind von diesen Ökosystemen abhängig, wie der Erdsystemforscher Tim Lenton von der britischen Universität Exeter erklärte. Sie spielen eine Schlüsselrolle beim Erhalt von Fisch- und Schalentierarten, die für das Überleben vieler Küstengemeinschaften...

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

    - and much more. But despite all the cheers: the solar package also has a major drawback. After Russia's attack on Ukraine, there seemed to be a social consensus that dependence on one country for energy issues is fatal. That's it. This time it's about China, which is flooding the European markets with its solar systems and putting local manufacturers in distress...

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

    also new legal frameworks that are intended to simplify the initiation of large, cross-border procurement projects in order to strengthen European defense preparedness and reduce dependence on non-EU countries. As far as the production of defense equipment is concerned, Brussels wants, among other things, financial incentives to expand and maintain large...

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

    »Aber das wesentliche Problem ist nicht, wer die Fehler gemacht hat, sondern die militärische Strategie und die Verfahren, die es ermöglichen, dass sich diese Fehler immer wiederholen.« Unabhängige Untersuchungen und sinnvolle, messbare Veränderungen vor Ort seien nun erforderlich, sagte Guterres. »196 humanitäre Helfer wurden getötet, und wir wollen wissen, warum jeder einzelne getötet wurde.«...

  7. Newsletter

    nach Russland gebracht, um dort teils wieder angereichert zu werden - und Kritikern zufolge auch in Sibirien entsorgt zu werden. Frankreich erwägt nun den Bau einer speziellen Anlage, um unabhängiger von Russland zu werden. Um die Abhängigkeit von Russland zu verringern, erwägt die französische Regierung den Bau einer Anlage zur erneuten Anreicherung von Uran aus ausgedienten Brennelementen....

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

    da wissenschaftlich und mit rechten Dingen zu? Oder gibt es da doch so etwas wie parteipolitische Einflussnahme? * Klimagerechtigkeit | Folgeschäden | Verursacherprinzip Eingepreiste Risiken, ökoabhängige Banken und 60 Millionen Menschen mit Zugang Kalenderwoche 11: Erste Versicherungen reagieren auf Klimarisiken – diese Logik gilt es von den Schäden auf die Ursachen zu lenken, sagt Aysel...

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

    but their heads of government ignore their opinions. A poll shows that two-thirds of voters in the United States - including majorities of Democrats (77 percent), independents (69 percent) and Republicans (56 percent) - support a ceasefire in Gaza. Interestingly, 59 percent of U.S. voters believe that Palestinians should have the right...

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

    is that true? According to the official information, the emergency services would have had to travel around 35 kilometers between the hospital and the prison in the seven minutes, writes the independent Russian media platform Novaya Gazeta - and therefore doubts the information about the background to the death. And doubts actually seem more than appropriate. [...]...

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

    Especially among the right-wing radicals in the global world, as well as in Germany, to ignore truths and instead spread lies, such as the alleged renaissance of nuclear energy... * Dependencies | Natural gas | Security of supply Energy Independence Expert Council Break down the gas bridge more quickly for security Replacing Russian natural gas with LNG sourced worldwide creates...

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

    ist das übliche Verfahren: Zu Beginn einer Legislaturperiode wählt der Bayerische Landtag 15 "nichtberufsrichterliche Mitglieder" des Verfassungsgerichtshofs des Freistaats. Jede Fraktion darf - abhängig von ihrer Stärke - Kandidaten vorschlagen. Abgestimmt wird dann über die gesamte Liste auf einmal. Der Gedanke dahinter, "dass unser Verfassungsgericht nicht nur, aber auch ein Abbild des...

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

    almost balanced, as the ISE figures show. Only 0,4 billion kilowatt hours more were purchased from across the Rhine than were delivered there. There can therefore be no question of the often assumed dependence on French nuclear power plants. A lot of electricity imported from Norwegian hydropower. The net electricity import of...

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

    All important US foreign policy goals failed. The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan after 20 years of US occupation. After the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq became dependent on Iran. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remained in power despite the CIA's attempts to overthrow him. Libya sank after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi by a US-led...

  15. 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”

    Protests in Berlin and thus fuels farmers' protests. In doing so, he shows that he is still unwilling to work on solving central social tasks: climate protection and dependence on oil, including all of its serious problems. Abolition of agricultural diesel years overdue Climate policy demands for the abolition of fossil subsidies such as...

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

    from 438 in 2002. The share of nuclear energy in global electricity generation even fell to its lowest level in around four decades in 2022, as the independent "World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2023" published on Wednesday shows. Renewable energies are far behind nuclear power in terms of expansion... * Climate change | Oil companies | Record winnings Naomi Oreskes: "They will...

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

    double. This means that less energy will be required to produce goods or services. A group of around 20 countries called for the expansion of nuclear power. The aim is to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, it said. Those involved in the joint declaration include the USA, France, Great Britain and the host country United...

  18. THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023

    stalked. The ministry presents future development as a win-win situation for both sides. Socio-economic well-being, job creation and reducing dependence on fossil fuels are all promised. But the question is what this cooperation will look like in the future, who has the money and the say, determines the goals and...

  19. Newsletter XLVII 2023 - November 19th to 25th - News+ Spectacular setback for the development of small nuclear reactors in the USA - The dead horse

    stated that they would prefer electricity from nuclear power plants. Another survey by the same company found that only 19 percent of people see nuclear power as a solution to energy dependence, while 71 percent support solar power and 64 percent support wind power. Comparable surveys have been around for years: in 2011, the market research institute IPSOS found that 71 percent of...

  20. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    To strengthen European institutions,” says Helmut Burtscher-Schaden, GLOBAL 2000 biochemist: “It is particularly explosive that just a few days ago, worrying initial data from the first independent animal cancer study with glyphosate were presented and the Commission did not even wait for them to be examined by the authorities has.”... * United States | Africa | Terror That...

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