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

    DuPont reported that PFAS cause liver enlargement in rats and rabbits. Finally, the substances were detected in the blood of the employees. When processed in industry, PFAS enter the air and water via exhaust gases and wastewater. They penetrate the soil via rain, snow and agricultural irrigation and also pollute food via the food chain. According to a study from 2023...

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

    Currently it's about the survival of their business models, which are fatal for all of us. With Direct Air Capture (DAC) and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), we simply fish the greenhouse molecules out of the air or exhaust gases, then we can continue burning oil and gas, or so the narrative goes... * Chemicals | Bisphenol Dealing with bisphenol A: Doctors demand more precautions 56 doctors call for...

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

    Methanol has so far usually been produced from natural gas or - especially in China - from coal. It is therefore a fossil raw material. [...] The plant is located next to a coke factory; hydrogen and carbon dioxide are extracted from the exhaust gases from coke production. Ómar Sigurbjörnsson from Carbon Recycling International still speaks of progress. Methanol is usually used in...

  4. Newsletter XLIV 2022 - November 01st to 07th - News+ Do not fear progress and technology, fear capitalism

    Lower Saxony criticizes waste. The state government of North Rhine-Westphalia also criticized this... * Greenhouse gas | CO2 emissions | Exhaust gas aluminum triformate Does ALF get all the CO2 from the exhaust gases of coal-fired power plants? It is easy and relatively inexpensive to produce, aluminum triformate, or ALF for short. According to a study, it could become a "game changer" in power plants by...

  5. Newsletter XX 2022 - May 13th to 19th - News+ A flood of open letters and the day of freedom of the press

    euros per year, and become completely energy independent by 2035, at a price below current fossil fuel spending, writes Nafeez Ahmed. * Space travel | Exhaust fumes | cumulative | Climate Rocket exhaust gases can damage the atmosphere The space company SpaceX has planned 50 rocket launches for this year. Scientists warn of the impact on...

  6. Newsletter VI - February 02nd to 08.02.2021th, 02 - News+ February XNUMXnd - Green electricity - Safely through the dark doldrums

    Gas-and-steam combined cycle power plant or gas-and-steam turbine power plant (CCGT power plant for short) is a power plant in which the waste heat from a gas turbine power plant is used in a steam power plant. The exhaust gases from the turbine serve as a heat source for a downstream waste heat boiler, which in turn acts as a steam generator for the steam turbine. With this combined driving style, the two...

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