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

    is it about Germany as a business location? According to very loud voices from the industry, there has recently been talk of “alarming signals” again. Because of high energy prices, many companies are once again faced with the question of whether emigration is a solution. In short: the impending economic decline is sung here. We are now fighting against this representation with clear words and...

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

    failed when dictatorships are perceived as harbingers of a dictatorship. It's true, there are more important things than gender language, people really have other concerns: migration, housing shortages, energy prices, war and climate change-related insecurities and much more... * March 10, 1970 (INES 3 | NAMS 2,6) Windscale nuclear factory/ Sellafield, GBR Release of approximately 18 TBq of plutonium over the...

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

    Söder, Free Voters leader Hubert Aiwanger and large parts of the CDU/CSU, FDP and AfD repeatedly declare that Germany can only have permanently low and reliable energy prices by using nuclear energy. Last year, the Federal Network Agency also declared unnecessary the concern that electricity prices in Germany have been rising since the last nuclear power plants...

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

    The German economy is running weakly, the federal government only expects growth of 0,2 percent. In addition to lower taxes and a reduction in bureaucracy, business associations are also urgently calling for lower energy prices. What should happen here? Claudia Kemfert: Energy prices are only high because we have been dependent on fossil natural gas for too long, which with high gas prices in electricity generation...

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

    Energy has been increasing for years. For months, there has been discussion in Germany about the question of whether energy is safe in this country and how gas and electricity can remain affordable in view of the sharp rise in energy prices. The German energy mix has been changing for many years, particularly in terms of electricity generation. Recently, the composition of energy sources has changed...

  6. 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

    like cement. When his son Sebastião took over the farm, it barely brought in any money because there was far too little water and therefore not enough grass for the cattle... * Climate policy | Energy prices | Climate money Expensive energy, fair climate policy and democratic commitment High energy prices encourage saving, but increase social injustice, says Aysel Osmanoglu,...

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

    who put a solar power system on the roof of their house and put a power storage unit in the basement. KfW grant 442 is the name of the new cornucopia for transport transformation... * Habeck | Energy prices | Electricity tax industry association wants lower electricity tax instead of industrial electricity price Robert Habeck sees good opportunities for an industrial electricity price. From the BDI's point of view, the electricity tax should...

  8. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    In the case of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the judges ruled that an “obligation for residents and local communities to participate in wind farms is in principle permissible.” * Energy prices | Energy consumption | Economy: Energy consumption fell by 7,1 percent in the first half of the year. High prices and the weak economy caused electricity and gas consumption to fall in the first six months....

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

    from the German chemical company Evonik with 150 of a total of 220 million dollars. The twist: The industry and its lobbyists complain in video and audio on all channels about rising energy prices, terrible economic policy, a lack of funding and unattainable, expensive environmental requirements from the authorities. These factors alone are responsible for the inevitable departure of the industry from the country...

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

    On the US West Coast, the verdict made in April is being appealed, but proponents of gas heating have the upper hand for the time being... * Industrial electricity price | Expansion of renewables | Energy prices IW calls for expansion of renewables Electricity costs for the economy will soon be unaffordable according to study With the move away from natural gas, the demand for electricity is increasing. It is said that Germany is ill-equipped for this...

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

    One of the authors of an international overview study therefore even warns that this could endanger the survival of humanity in the long term... * Energy suppliers | Energy price brake | Cartel Cartel Office initiates first proceedings against energy suppliers Critics had predicted widespread abuse of the energy price cap. Now the cartel office is leading the first...

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

    Bijan Djir-Sarai told the news portal t-online on Monday. Germany is “regrettably missing the opportunity to ensure more climate protection and lower energy prices without major effort.” From the FDP's point of view, the extension of the term remains "sensible", said the FDP politician... * Fossil Lobby | Climate protection prevented | Gulf Stream Hurrah, we are collapsing ocean circulation!...

  13. Newsletter XII 2023 - March 19th to 25th - News+ The poison of doubt is the sugar for the bastard

    sealed, illegally cleared forest areas - as if the consequences of such actions were of no concern to us. We are already paying a lot of money, and not just for horrendous fossil energy prices. Something is no longer right. But where and what – and above all why? The lobby knows the rules of the media What we are currently experiencing are the gradual consequences of a nebulous...

  14. Newsletter XI 2023 - March 12th to 18th - News+ 12 years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima – What have we learned from it?

    The production of raw materials and industrial intermediate products for the chemical-pharmaceutical industry was outsourced years ago to countries with less stringent environmental regulations and low energy prices, and investments in new production facilities are currently going directly to the USA due to the generous subsidies. Evonik is building a new plant in the United States for...

  15. Newsletter X 2023 - March 5th to 11th - News+ Dangerous toxins: Which products contain PFAS

    RWI. He did the math and came to “the cost of one trillion euros (1.000 billion)”. However, when asked by taz, the RWI and Frondel distance themselves from the number... * Energy price brake | Electricity price | Gas price energy supply in Radevormwald SWR. implements the energy price caps The municipal utilities pass on the financial relief from the price caps to the customers. These should...

  16. Newsletter XLVII 2022 - November 24th to 30th - News+ More garbage to Grafenrheinfeld: The Schweinfurt action alliance against nuclear power is concerned

    unique document treasure... * Japan | Term extension | Energy crisis Japan is considering extending the lifespan of old nuclear power plants Energy prices have also risen in Japan as a result of the war against Ukraine. The government sees a solution in particular in nuclear power - according to a report, reactors should be allowed to stay online for longer. Many countries are currently advising...

  17. Newsletter XLVI 2022 - November 16th to 23rd - News+ Now only the wisdom of the Peace of Westphalia can help

    soil, increase the size of deserts by an additional 50.000 hectares and release 150 million tons of greenhouse gases into the air. Daily! The planet cannot stand this in the long term... * Solar funding | Energy price support for solar 2022: These reliefs are available this year. Energy prices are currently skyrocketing and alternatives to conventional energy production are in as high demand as ever...

  18. Newsletter XLV 2022 - November 08th to 15th - News+ Penalties for activists - And what about the climate?

    More than 400 parking spaces have three years to do this... * Gas ​​crisis | billion profit | Excess profit tax Gas crisis causes billions in profits for RWE For months, companies like RWE have made big money from energy prices. Now the federal government wants to “skim off” part of the profits of those profiting from the crisis. Düsseldorf In the past nine months, the Essen-based energy company RWE has...

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

    some are still talking about the climate crisis. Why, Germany is doing enough for climate protection? No! If the climate catastrophe hits home, we will have completely different problems than rising energy prices. Mega-droughts cause drinking water shortages and gigantic famines; tens of millions of people will starve and hundreds of millions will flee the consequences. Rising sea level,...

  20. Newsletter XLII 2022 - October 23rd to 27th - News+ The fairy tale with primary energy consumption

    and deforestation. All of these factors have increased in the last 50 years, as scientists show... * Cooperative | renewable energy | Energy price Strengthening renewable energies INTERVIEW Energy cooperative relies on security when setting prices Rodgau/Rödermark - Energy in the hands of citizens is the motto of the citizens' energy cooperative Rodgau-/Rödermark...

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