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

    Newsletter XLIX 2023 December 3rd to 9th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current information + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

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

    Study by the Transnational Institute (TNI) entitled "Green Multinationals Exposed". It examines 15 multinational energy companies that have a green image and also invest in renewable energies. However, companies continue to do business with fossil fuels and are even expanding their business. In the worst case (Adani Group), funds were withdrawn from...

  3. THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023

    and inhumane projects (e.g. nuclear power plants) that are planned and implemented from above. The FZ Jülich is therefore left with the preliminary decision on the “suitability of land areas for renewable energies and hydrogen infrastructure” as well as the assessment of the “socio-political context and development opportunities”. The five-person national project group will...

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

    not to end its expansion of coal-fired power generation or even to phase out coal. However, both countries declared that they would "make efforts to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030." In addition, both countries committed to “significant absolute emission reductions in the area of ​​electricity generation”... * France | Environmentalist |...

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

    Newsletter XLVI 2023 November 12th to 18th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

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

    We are looking for current information. If you can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de November 11th Renewables | Electricity price | CO2 price Less dependent on gas Renewable energies should reduce electricity prices The expansion of renewable energy in Germany is not making as much progress as hoped. In doing so, he would ensure that the price of electricity generally falls, explains...

  7. 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

    From all over the world, in an open letter to the president of this year's climate conference, Sultan Al-Jaber, are calling for a quick and fair exit from coal, oil and natural gas. Renewable energies should be expanded as quickly as possible. Three health organizations from Germany have also signed. The reason: Fossil energies pose a massive threat to...

  8. Newsletter XLIII 2023 - October 22nd to 28th - News+ Municipal utilities are leaving the Future Gas lobby association

    over the years millions of euros from municipal utility customers in campaigns and advertising in the interests of gas companies. The municipal utilities' lobbying commitment is one-sided: in the Federal Association of Renewable Energy, only two of the 52 members are municipal utilities. Christina Deckwirth from Lobbycontrol demands that municipal utilities “stop allowing themselves to be harnessed to the lobby cart of the gas companies.” The...

  9. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    At the federal press conference, Wagenknecht will give a "clear outlook" on the founding of the party for which the association is supposed to serve, as it is said... * Bavaria | Renewables | Wind power Renewable energies: State forests plan to build 500 wind turbines in Bavaria There are differences in the coalition when it comes to expanding wind power: CSU Forestry Minister Kaniber says FW boss Aiwanger should do better...

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

    Cement | Capacitors Cheap energy storage: Researchers develop supercapacitor made from cement and soot The development could lead to mass production of affordable storage solutions for renewable energies When you think of energy storage, lithium-ion batteries are most likely to come to mind, which are used in everything from cell phones to E -Find cars in numerous devices. They prove...

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

    determined by the high natural gas prices. However, if the electricity price is subsidized across the board, climate-damaging natural gas power generation will continue to be protected and the switch to renewable energies will be weakened. Chancellor Scholz, parts of the Green Party and the FDP are against state-subsidized industrial electricity prices for good reason. Scholz pointed out that the real task was...

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

    As of the end of August 2023, over 700.000 solar systems with an output of 9.200 MW have already gone into operation in Germany... * Renewables | Electricity generation | Investments Renewable energies cover more than half of electricity consumption. Wind and solar supplied five percent more electricity than in the previous year. Photovoltaic systems in particular are making an ever-increasing contribution to...

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

    Lüderitz was given the nickname "Lieutenfritz" early on... * Fossil fuels receive subsidies for even more CO2 emissions Scandal: 70 billion euros in tax money for fossil instead of renewable energies German state funding is higher per ton of CO2 than the emissions trading price, while renewables usually get nothing Huge amounts of money are also being spent globally on coal, gas and oil...

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

    Newsletter XXXVI 2023 3 to 9 September *** 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 the civil and military atomic industry . Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

  15. Newsletter XXXV 2023 - August 27 to September 2 - News+ Historic victory: Ecuador becomes the first country to say no to oil

    If you listen to the 14 EU country Nuclear Alliance, which has championed the green label for nuclear energy and now wants it to be treated the same as other renewable energies, anything goes, write Thomas Stuart Kirkland and Christiana Mauro. Under the presidency of Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission has officially...

  16. Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years

    93% in fossil energies Corporations against energy transition Oil and gas multinationals as "fire accelerators" Europe's large energy companies maintain their fossil fuel business and hardly invest in renewable energies, two new analyzes show. The company strategies have little to do with the announcements that they want to become climate neutral by 2050. Global warming should be stopped at a maximum of two degrees Celsius...

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

    Electricity production from Olkiluoto 2 will resume on August 28 after the fault has been located and resolved... * Grid fees | Electricity price | Renewable electricity price scandal over renewable energies: Northern Germany pays, Bavaria benefits Paradox: Although most green electricity is produced here, northern Germans pay the highest electricity prices. The energy goes into...

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

    Newsletter XXXII 2023 August 6th *** 12 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Current+ background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military atomic industry . Some of this information only became public in a roundabout way. As soon as...

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

    to avert these astronomical losses... August 4th Fossils | Subsidies | Emissions trading Germany spends 70 billion euros in tax money every year to promote fossil energy instead of renewable energy. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), subsidies for fossil energy sources in Germany are still unsustainably high at 1,9 percent of economic output. This...

  20. 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...