Assuming that "program“ is needed, became 87 results found.
Petroleum deposits remain unburned,” report Lorenzo Pellegrini from Erasmus University Rotterdam and his colleagues. These fossil reserves, which have already been explored, correspond to emissions of almost 11.000 gigatons of CO2. For crude oil, around 1,5 gigabarrels of conventional reserves would have to remain unburned to meet the 1.524 degree target. But which of these deposits are still allowed...
have already had to give up due to wrong political decisions. [...] Until now, if the goals are not achieved, adjustments must be made. Not anymore. The emissions from the different areas will be offset against each other in the future. This softening is a gift to Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP), who is making no move to do anything about the reduction...
Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty
Money. Despite all the prophecies of doom, coal-fired power generation in Germany was a quarter lower in the first year without nuclear power plants than in the previous year. Accordingly, despite the nuclear phase-out, CO2 emissions per kilowatt hour in the German electricity mix fell. Critics had predicted otherwise. The reasons for the balance sheet are varied. In summary, the kilowatt hours lost were completely...
Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany
Christina Deckwirth from Lobbycontrol. “It distorts the discourse,” she says. “The lobby association holds out the prospect of simply being able to maintain existing business models.”... * Greenhouse gas emissions | methane | Natural gas production Methane mystery: How the collapse of the Soviet Union affected emissions Post-USSR: Natural gas production fell, but more methane entered the...
Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD
52 Fälle. Die FDP hat sich in 22 Fällen auf eine Zusammenarbeit eingelassen, während die Grünen das nur fünfmal und damit am seltensten taten... * Klimaschutz | Verkehrssektor | Gebäudesektor Emissionsdaten 2023: Bundeskanzler muss Rechtsbruch beim Klimaschutzgesetz beenden Germanwatch fordert umgehend Sofortprogramme für Verkehrs- und Gebäudesektor / Verkehrsminister Wissings Missachtung von...
and transport costs have already been taken into account. That is three times the amount of greenhouse gases that a country like Germany emits. At the same time, the limitations of the method become clear: emissions from the combustion of fossil raw materials such as oil and gas are almost 20 times greater. There is no way around reducing greenhouse gases, despite improved waste disposal. * Lawyers |...
cooperation as well as national and local action. The most important task areas currently mentioned are reducing CO2 emissions - primarily through taxation and appropriate emissions trading. Adapting cities and agriculture to climate change, moving away from a throwaway society towards a circular economy. The aim of climate protection is to reduce the speed and...
because of corruption. 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 backed down...
were released according to police. The Bundestag subway station was therefore closed, and there were large crowds at other subway and S-Bahn stations in the city center... * China | Solar energy | CO₂ emissions 1.700 GWh per year Gigantic solar park in China generates electricity day and night A gigantic solar park has been put into operation in China that can produce electricity day and night. The attachment...
Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?
as repeatedly claimed by governments and the gas lobby, a clean form of energy that has low greenhouse gas emissions. The New York Times, for example, points out indirect emissions: Natural gas, which is mostly methane, is cleaner than coal when burned. However, compared to carbon dioxide, methane is a much stronger short-term...
Laboratory estimated 29.300 TBq of tritium released into the atmosphere; about 75% of it was accidentally released as gaseous tritium in 1965 and 1970. Routine emissions contributed just over 3.700 TBq of gaseous tritium and about 2.800 TBq of tritiated water vapor to the total dose... Translated with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free...
– The major logistics group A.P. Moller-Maersk aims to achieve net-zero emissions across its business by 2040 with new technologies, new ships and green fuels. On the way there, A.P: Moeller-Maersk recently signed the shipping industry's first large, long-term purchase agreement for an annual volume of 500.000 tons...
Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support
However, it was “in the peak phase” of inflation. "The high price level for consumer goods has never recovered since then, only the increase in prices has decreased."... * Emissions | LNG | Terminal LNG boom in the USA: A dirty business The liquid natural gas industry brings jobs to Louisiana - and destroys the environment and people's health. German companies are also...
made The ZDF Frontal editorial team shows how easy it is to greenwash the most climate-damaging product using CO2 certificates. CO2 credits are intended to compensate for climate-damaging emissions that the manufacturer can no longer limit, even with the greatest effort. At least that's how the legislature sees it. But are they used that way? And compensate...
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...
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...
a central topic of public interest. Security policy issues are no longer the exclusive preserve of scientists, politicians or military experts... * Emissions trading | land rights | Blue Carbon area larger than the United Kingdom Sheikh buys up African forests on a large scale As chairman of Blue Carbon, Ahmed Dalmook al-Maktoum...
the traffic lights now at the end? In addition, Fridays for Future is divided because of the Middle East conflict. Is there now not enough pressure from below for more efficient climate policy? The “Emissions Gap Report 2023” from the UN environmental program Unep has just shown that the demands and reality of climate protection are far apart. Globally, we are miles away from reaching Paris' 1,5...
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...
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...
