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

    nicht mehr als eine Chiffre für militärische Großmäuligkeit, brandgefährliche Hybris und ein bedingungsloses Eintreten für eine radikale Umverteilung in der Gesellschaft von unten nach oben. * EU-Kommission | Rüstungsindustrie | Kriegswirtschaft Brüssel und die Rüstungsgüter: So bereitet die EU die Kriegswirtschaft vor Die Rüstungsindustrie soll ausgebaut werden. Dazu erhält sie viele...

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

    at the same time offer reliable protection against hail damage and sunburn, making expensive and maintenance-intensive protective devices such as sun and hail protection nets unnecessary... * EU Commission | Subsidies | Dumping Dumping threatens the solar industry: EU targets China The Commission is investigating two companies on suspicion of illegal subsidies. The German solar industry...

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    stopped or weakened under pressure from Parliament or the EU governments. European legislation is a complicated and, above all, lengthy matter. First, the EU Commission presents a draft law, which it can also be requested to do by the European Parliament or the member states. Then a ping pong begins between Parliament and the...

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

    the promised transparency law is being introduced and thus allows pseudonymous inquiries. * Nuclear waste | Nuclear lobby | SMR mini nuclear power plants criticized as “fantasies” by the nuclear lobby The EU Commission sees nuclear power as the form of energy of the future. A new study commissioned by the federal government, however, warns against new reactors. BERLIN taz | Ursula von der Leyen is committed to expanding...

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

    RWE's billion-dollar profit increases its dividend: the energy company pays out 744 million euros as a profit share. This is a welcome additional income for many urban households. * EU Commission | International law | Financial crisis Why the expropriation of Russian assets could become a global financial crisis The EU is playing with fire on the issue of frozen Russian assets...

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

    as emerged from the analysis by ministry experts. Müller said that the network agency is currently preparing this information for court and sending it to Brussels, where the EU Commission will take care of it... * Thailand | plastic | Plastic waste Pollution in Thailand Plastic hell in paradise Many Thais love plastic. Plastic waste is even imported from abroad...

  7. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    The majority voted for the headquarters of the so-called Amla (Anti-Money Laundering Authority) in the Main metropolis, as the Belgian EU Council Presidency announced. [...] Fight against financial fraud The EU Commission proposed a joint anti-money laundering authority in 2021. The Amla is intended to combat money laundering and terrorist financing in the EU. It is intended to support cross-border and...

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

    of glyphosate. The pesticide harms biodiversity. BERLIN dpa | The Aurelia Foundation, which specializes in environmental protection, and the German Environmental Aid (DUH) are taking legal action against the EU Commission's decision to renew the approval of the controversial weed killer glyphosate. The organizations applied to the EU Commission on Wednesday evening to have the...

  9. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    A spokesman for the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) wrote to Infosperber: “Switzerland has not requested an update from Apple.” Like other EU states, they are waiting for a decision from the EU Commission to adopt the French conformity assessment. Apple said the result was due to the special French testing protocol. Insiders are not convinced by this argument...

  10. 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

    Then the CDU and CSU took to the streets and raised the mood against it," explained Brunn on Sunday. This shows "how irresponsibly the Union is now acting"... * Batteries | EU Commission | Subsidies Green light for Northvolt battery factory in Schleswig-Holstein The Swedish battery manufacturer will build a new factory in Heide and, despite the budget crisis, will receive...

  11. 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”

    but without result. This has led to Saudi Arabia repeatedly threatening to acquire nuclear weapons if Iran follows the same path... December 13th EU Commission | Hungary | Ukraine Before the Ukraine summit, the EU Commission releases blocked billions for Hungary. The EU withheld funding because Orbán had weakened the justice system in the country. Loud...

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

    to have built up potential customers in a large number of countries. Poland and Romania had declared their intention to purchase SMRs from Nuscale. It is currently not known whether they have already contacted the EU Commission about subsidies. So things are not going as smoothly with the brave new nuclear world as its propagandists imagined. The financial...

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

    November 30, 1975 (INES 5) Sosnowy Bor nuclear power plant, Leningrad, USSR * We are looking for current information. If you can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de November 18th EU Commission | Glyphosate | Pesticide glyphosate: Scandalous re-approval by the EU Commission Without support from member states – Criminal neglect of the EU precautionary principle! Yesterday the...

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

    After the October 7 massacre, there is no room for a balanced approach. Hamas must be wiped from the face of the earth! Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen * Wind power | EU Commission | Wind energy expansion EU Commission is boosting the European wind industry with immediate measures Since the expansion of wind energy in the EU has so far lagged behind the targets, the Commission has...

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

    A particularly large amount of electricity is generated due to good wind or sun conditions. The electricity can be "temporarily stored" and comes into the network depending on need and demand... * EU Commission | Glyphosate | Chemical industry renewal in the EU No majority for glyphosate approval for the time being The EU cannot initially agree on a renewal of the approval for glyphosate. Should...

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

    from the GFF. This is where the project aims to increase knowledge within the police on the subject of whistleblowing and thus contribute to a better error culture... * China | EU Commission | Subsidies for electric cars from China EU Commission starts anti-subsidy investigation Brussels - As stated by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her speech on the state of the European...

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

    in the EU Parliament on the EU directive for the expansion of renewable energies RED III and the internal electricity market directive. In addition, the Green Deal, which played an important role in the government speech by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. All resolutions and political declarations of intent are still far away from what constitutes effective climate protection in view of the...

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

    The Nuremberg-based arms manufacturer Diehl has to pay a fine of 1,2 million euros for an unlawful market agreement with a competitor. The EU Commission imposed the fine after a settlement procedure, as the EU authority announced. "Today we are fining Diehl because the company entered into a cartel with its competitor RUAG from Switzerland...

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

    allowed to send them in emergencies without the approval of the US Congress. The value of the shipment is likely to be between $240 and $375 million... September 5th EU Commission | Glyphosate | Monsanto glyphosate before new approval: weed killer in drinking water On September 15th, the EU Commission will decide on a new approval of the herbicide glyphosate. But a study...

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

    impunity and is considered just as corrupt... * France | Term extension | Tricastin Litschauer/Greens on nuclear power plant service life extension: France is acting irresponsibly Greens: EU Commission must ensure cross-border EIA Vienna (OTS) - “For me it is incomprehensible how France can act without a cross-border environmental impact assessment - as the...

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