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

    ein. [...] Starken Regen gab es auch in Katar, Bahrain und Saudi-Arabien. Im Sultanat Oman sind bei heftigen Regenfällen 19 Menschen getötet worden, darunter zehn Schulkinder. * Klimaziele | CO2-Emissionen | Verkehr(t)sminister Expertenrat für Klimafragen Verkehr verfehlt Klimaziel zum dritten Mal In Deutschland wurde 2023 weniger CO2 ausgestoßen, der Verkehrssektor hat seine Klimaziele aber...

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

    die Kohle. Allen Unkenrufen zum Trotz lag die Kohleverstromung in Deutschland im ersten Jahr ohne AKW um ein Viertel niedriger als im Jahr davor. Entsprechend sanken trotz des Atomausstiegs die CO2-Emissionen pro Kilowattstunde im deutschen Strommix. Das hatten Kritiker anders prophezeit. Die Gründe für die Bilanz sind vielfältig. Rein summarisch wurden die weggefallenen Kilowattstunden komplett...

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    Ampel das Ruder beim Klimaschutz herumgerissen hat. Besonders überraschend an der von Habeck präsentierten positiven Klimaprojektion für 2024 war: Deutschland erreicht nicht nur sein Ziel, die CO2-Emissionen bis 2030 um 65 Prozent zu senken, sondern hält auch das vom Klimaschutzgesetz für den Zeitraum vorgezeichnete CO2-Budget ein. Ob das plausibel ist, prüft jetzt wie jedes Jahr der...

  4. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    a statement from the Scientific Service of the Bundestag, which was requested by Gökay Akbulut, Bundestag member of the Left, and is available exclusively to the »nd«... * Renewables | CO2 emissions | Chemical industry Climate study on the chemical industry: The dirtiest dozen The chemical industry causes 14 percent of all CO2 emissions in the industrial sector. How can it be made greener?, now asks...

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

    due to corruption, among other things. Shortly before the election he was sentenced to an additional three prison terms. The former cricket star is particularly popular among younger Pakistanis... February 9th CO2 emissions | EU states | Commercial vehicles EU states vote for stricter CO₂ rules for trucks and buses The European compromise was on the brink until the end because the federal government...

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

    one of the most important metal raw materials in the modern world. But their production is anything but environmentally and climate-friendly: the steel industry is responsible for around seven percent of global CO2 emissions, most of which is released when oxidized iron ores are reduced to metallic iron. When extracting aluminum, the main cause of concern after the extraction of the...

  7. 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

    Statistics show that low incomes have little scope for saving because they already consume very little. They cause the lowest CO2 emissions compared to high-income households. It's no wonder that feelings of fear and anger arise here. It cannot be reconciled that emissions from private charter flights or cars traveling at 240 mph are legitimate,...

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

    on the Attic democracy in ancient Greece, which also did not last. "If you don't want that, you should get involved in our democracy."... * Climate policy | traffic light | CO2 emissions Climate policy of the traffic light coalition: At random Political lead casting: How the traffic light plunged climate policy into chaos and lost people's trust. The tractors, they do the...

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

    So the floor. They seem to want to privatize everything except the air we breathe. It was an attempt to deepen the 1980 constitution of the dictator Pinochet... * CO2 emissions | CCS | 1,5 degrees negative emissions Blue Carbon: Carbon in paradise Seagrass beds off the Bahamas store significant amounts of CO2, a new study finds. Without removing CO2 from...

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

    – was that the Gulf states would come closer together again instead of becoming further divided. But when you have people in your own delegation who are so partisan, it undermines a lot... * CO2 emissions | CCS | 1,5 degrees | COP28 Fossil energies at the climate conference: Underground idea The future of fossil fuels is being debated at the climate conference in Dubai. The...

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

    not, but frustrating. 20 years ago we already knew what to do. A soft landing at the 1,5 degree target could have been achieved by gradually slowing down CO2 emissions. What we need to do now is emergency braking. It's no longer a matter of slowing down elegantly, but of actually coming to a stop in front of the red light. This really requires...

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

    reported. But there is hardly any movement in climate protection: The UN Climate Secretariat reports that the National Self-Commitments (NDC) submitted so far are just enough to reduce CO2 emissions by five percent by 2030 compared to 2019 - in the best case scenario. Continued stagnation: The Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 not only decided to limit global warming to a maximum...

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

    in order to then curb the undesirable consequences again with its climate policy. Here Lindner could get serious with his postulate that the state must spend its money cleverly... November 17th CO2 emissions | Certificates | Climate protection projects | Greenwashing fraud with CO2 certificates? Why so many forest projects are fraudulent If you save a forest from the chainsaw, you can...

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

    The project ran into a storm and tried to put it on ice completely. However, a motion to reject the law did not receive a majority in parliament in the summer... * Energy company RWE | CO2 emissions | Climate catastrophe Farmer from Peru sues German energy company RWE Strong glacier melt threatens the farm and home of a farmer in the Andes. He is suing the coal company RWE because...

  15. 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

    Shrinking industrial production: energy consumption at record lows High prices are causing shrinking industrial production and falling demand. The lower consumption reduces Co2 emissions. BERLIN taz | Due to reduced industrial production, energy consumption in Germany will fall to a record low this year. This comes from Thursday's...

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

    is quantified for the first time for the 31 states of the NATO military alliance. In 2021, NATO countries produced almost 200 million tons of CO2 emissions through their armies and their infrastructure alone. That is more than a quarter of the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted by Germany as a whole last year. If these countries continue to arm themselves, the...

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

    198 Palestinians killed. The Israeli military says the navy killed scores of Palestinian fighters who tried to cross the sea into Israel... * Climate goals | CO2 emissions | Building sector We will solve the housing crisis holistically - and sustainably, please. The ecological standards and the costs down - is the concept against the housing shortage ready? Unfortunately that's too short...

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

    A judgment is currently expected at the Higher Regional Court in Hamm. This is about the lawsuit brought by a Peruvian mountain farmer against the energy company RWE. The accusation: Because of its enormous CO2 emissions, RWE is complicit in the melting of glaciers in the Andes, which is threatening his place of residence. * Electromobility | Funding | anti-social Federal government starts funding program for solar power for electric cars The...

  19. Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread

    a fuel that is extremely harmful to the environment and the climate. Around 100.000 ships sail the world's oceans every day. Shipping traffic as a whole is responsible for over 2,5 percent of global CO2 emissions, and the trend is rising. Over 20 well-known large corporations have now started an initiative to make ship transport more climate-friendly. The companies, including Amazon, Ikea,...

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

    The acquisitions, commonly known as 'Mile Swindle', earned Lüderitz 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 The German state subsidy is per ton CO2 higher than the emissions trading price, while renewables are mostly empty...

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