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    Jahr 2023 wird kaum öffentlich wahrgenommen, wundert sich Matthias Willenbacher, Geschäftsführer der nachhaltigen Investing-Plattform Wiwin und Mitglied im Klimareporter°-Herausgeberrat. Fossil zu heizen werde ab 2027 mit steigenden CO2-Preisen deutlich teurer. Klimareporter°: Herr Willenbacher, die G7-Staaten haben diese Woche einen Kohleausstieg bis 2035 beschlossen. Ob das ein "historischer...

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

    solutions and primarily represents the interests of large gas companies. In addition, critics are attacking the association because it claims that hydrogen will be used for heating in the future - which is extremely unlikely given the very high costs involved. “Future Gas” continues to promote the installation of gas heating, criticizes Christina Deckwirth from...

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

    for Future, around 30.000 people were expected. At the beginning the police did not mention the number of participants... * Fossile | Energy prices | Changing providers Energy prices well above pre-crisis levels Heating, refueling and electricity have become significantly more expensive over the past three years. According to a new survey, energy prices are more than 40 percent higher than in February 2021. Prices for...

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

    Natural areas are sealed and thereby devalued. The result is an airtight seal on the ground, suffocating life underneath. In addition, the microclimate is changing, asphalt surfaces are heating up more and less water is stored in the ground. [...] But the car fleet continues to grow in Germany, and the additional cars and trucks need space to drive... That will...

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

    Habeck's heating law is being disputed, the Dutch are getting creative. In their search for heat sources, they have now discovered the sewer system and want to heat millions of households sustainably. I once lived in a house where every morning the double flushing of the upstairs neighbor's toilet echoed loudly through our kitchen. Now, however, the...

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

    Global warming is fueling a form of authoritarian populism, which could also be observed in this country in the debate about the heating law, where the AfD stirred up the mood with aggressive election posters such as “Let’s heat up the traffic lights” or “Stop the heating hammer”. To say that one must keep a cool head in the heat of interpretation and opinion would be psychopolitically too short-sighted. But fact...

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

    Nobody knows what exactly they contain about many of the containers on the nuclear power site... * Climate change | heat | Cities sealed heat wave: These are Germany's concrete deserts These days, some cities are heating up particularly inhumanely. The reason: Their soil is sealed and is rarely interrupted by green areas and trees. We show the top ten of the grayest and hottest...

  8. Newsletter XXX 2023 - July 23-29 - News+ Chomsky: What happens when orders from Washington are not followed?

    May 2022 - Expansion of wind power is stalling - countries barely make room for wind turbines February 11, 2022 - Germany no longer needs wind turbines * Heat transition | climate friendly | Heat plan This is how heating becomes cool When it comes to heating, it now depends on the municipalities. With new low-temperature networks, they can protect the climate – and relieve the burden on citizens. Heating cooler – that seems to be a contradiction...

  9. Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine

    Areas on the territory of Ukraine," wrote Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen on Twitter... * FDP against heating law and European climate laws Culture battle over heating, solar parks with storage and the erring FDP The funding rules for heating replacement provide additional support for households without assets necessary, says Matthias Willenbacher,...

  10. Newsletter XXIV 2023 - June 11th to 17th - News+ How the West is losing the Global South

    reduced in cities. What is becoming increasingly controversial does not represent the entire German energy transition. The political demand that 65 percent of the heating energy required for new systems come from renewable sources or the environment is neither a restriction of democracy nor a deprivation of freedom. The possibilities for providing useful energy without combustion...

  11. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    "If it is produced exactly where it is needed, you don't need new networks," says Sichert. "Since CO2 emissions are also reduced, you are pursuing profitable climate protection." ntv.de: In Frankfurt, 1300 households will soon be heating with the waste heat from one Data center. The operators would like to give off even more heat, but can't find any other buyers. How can that be when at the same time...

  12. Newsletter XXII 2023 - May 28th to June 3rd - News+ Political style in Germany Please, strengthen the AfD

    Electricity or the Merit Order of the German power plant park. Since the Ukraine war, however, the energy industry and energy policy have suddenly become about how long we will have gas for heating and why electricity prices are so high. And which past mistakes are exactly responsible for this. Claudia Kemfert published a book about it in February called Shockwaves. the...

  13. Newsletter XXI 2023 - 21 to 27 May - News+ World Biodiversity Day: Will the plan to restore Europe's biodiversity fail?

    Last generation crossed a “red line” in the climate movement. Lesch said this in conversation with an activist at a rally on Marienplatz in Munich... * Climate goals | Heating | Spahn Controversy over heating law Longer nuclear power plant operating times instead of heating law: Researchers contradict Jens Spahn Instead of the planned heating law, up to 20 million tons of CO2 could...

  14. Newsletter XX 2023 - May 14th to 20th - News+ Heat waves hit poor neighborhoods particularly hard

    The PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonic acid) is in a range relevant to the health of humans as well as fish-eating birds and mammals, according to a press release... * Heating with wind | Renewable Energy Act EEG | Community energy Wind turbines could – could – heat villages! If too much wind energy comes into the power grid, systems are curtailed. The excess...

  15. Newsletter XIX 2023 - May 7-13 - News+ Is the West turning Ukraine into a nuclear battlefield?

    continue to be installed and put into operation. This was decided under Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU). However, if the current federal government has its way, heating with oil should be banned two years earlier - i.e. in 2024. Many people who heat their home with an oil heater are full of concern and ask themselves: “Will I still be able to get a cheap one...

  16. Newsletter XVIII 2023 - April 30 to May 6 - News+ Everything green? Energy Colonialism through Hydrogen Cooperation

    to read and transcribe," he said and warned that this could possibly happen against a person's will, for example when they are sleeping. * Geothermal energy | environmentally friendly heating | district heating Heating with deep geothermal energy: Why isn't this more common? Geothermal energy , i.e. heat from the depths of the earth, is something like a sleeping giant. Up to 40 percent of the heat requirement...

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

    Technology. Heat pumps, on the other hand, are considered new territory for many house and apartment owners. False claims fuel their suspicions about new heating technologies. The federal government is relying on new technologies such as heat pumps for heating. This is intended to protect the climate and reduce dependence on energy imports. Critics disagree with Federal Economics Minister Robert's plans...

  18. Newsletter XVI 2023 - April 16th to 22nd - News+ Poisons for eternity - Uranium and its radioactive relatives

    The federal government therefore wants to introduce an energy efficiency law. On Wednesday, the cabinet agreed on a draft, along with a law on climate-friendly heating. [...] “Inadequate planning security” This is criticized, for example, by the German Business Initiative for Energy Efficiency, an association of more than 200 companies from various sectors,...

  19. Newsletter XV 2023 - April 9th ​​to 15th - News+ Traffic light climate, Switzerland as a role model and the better alternative to e-fuels

    dependent on nuclear power. There are 56 reactors running there, which in recent years have supplied an average of around two thirds of the electricity consumed, which is also used for heating in many households... * CO2 emissions | CO2 removal | CCS | Cement New plant will process CO2 from cement factory The production of cement produces more CO2 than from air traffic and...

  20. Newsletter XIV 2023 - April 2-8 - News+ Wars and School Massacres: The Cancer of Dehumanization

    The effect is twice as good as a conventional insulation material. The team is currently working on reducing the manufacturing price. If you want to live in a climate-friendly way and spend as little as possible on heating, your house or apartment must be equipped with good thermal insulation. There is no way around this, because otherwise the heating, even with renewable energies, would be too long-term...

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