1. Newsletter XVII 2024 - News+ April 21st - Reform of the Climate Protection Act: One step forward, two steps back

    deutlich angezogen und ein neues Rekordniveau erreicht. Zwar gibt es aktuell Störfaktoren, die Agentur erwartet aber, dass der Sektor weiter stark wächst, mit Kernmärkten in China, den USA und Europa. Die IEA geht in ihrer neuen Ausgabe des jährlichen Global EV Outlook davon aus, dass mehr als jedes fünfte im Jahr 2024 weltweit verkaufte Auto ein Elektroauto sein wird. Trotz der kurzfristigen...

  2. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    Geschäftsstelle. Wir hoffen, dass wir dadurch bei künftigen Entscheidungen zur Anerkennung von Berufskrankheiten schneller sind. Bei Pestiziden denkt man sofort an Glyphosat, dessen Zulassung in Europa trotz vieler Proteste gerade erst verlängert wurde. Hinter Glyphosat und anderen Pestiziden stecken große Herstellerfirmen. Haben diese Firmen oder deren Lobbyisten versucht, eine Entscheidung zu...

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

    einer Kriegswirtschaft. Die European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS) und das ergänzende European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) zielen darauf ab, die Massenproduktion von Rüstungsgütern in Europa zu fördern und einen umfassenden europäischen Rüstungskomplex zu etablieren, um international wettbewerbsfähiger zu sein. Die Strategie enthält Pläne zur Konzentration und Monopolbildung in der...

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

    Hunderttausend Euro, bis hin zu einer Million.” sagt der Vorsitzende des parlamentarischen Sicherheitsausschusses, Pavel Žáček, gegenüber CORRECTIV. Das Geld aus Russland an rechte Politiker in Europa soll über Polen geflossen sein. Das sagte Pavel Žáček von der liberal-konservativen Partei (ODS) und Vorsitzender des parlamentarischen Sicherheitsausschusses in Tschechien gegenüber CORRECTIV:...

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    Ukrainekrieg keinen nennenswerten Aufschwung beschert. Stattdessen ist ein lange verdrängter Grundkonflikt wieder offen zutage getreten... * Frankreich | EDF | Urananreicherung "Bis 2030 in Westeuropa" Frankreich prüft Bau spezieller Urananreicherungs-Anlage Seit Jahren wird aus Europa reichlich benutztes radioaktives Material nach Russland gebracht, um dort teils wieder angereichert zu werden -...

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

    | Wassermangel Die Dürre ist vorbei – nur wie lange? Meteorologen haben die Dürre in Deutschland für beendet erklärt. Doch sie warnen, dass sich die Situation schnell wieder ändern kann. In Südeuropa kündigt sich schon der nächste Katastrophensommer an. Endlich Frühlingsanfang! Wer freut sich da nicht über sonnige Tage mit sommerlichen Temperaturen? Der Natur allerdings täte es gut, wenn es in...

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

    Es gibt keine Subventionen für die Photovoltaikbranche. Deshalb schließt Hersteller Meyer Burger sein Werk in Freiberg – und geht in die USA. DRESDEN/FREIBERG taz | Die größte Solarmodulfabrik Europas wird offenbar endgültig geschlossen. Hersteller Meyer Burger teilte am Donnerstag mit, bereits vor zwei Tagen sei die Produktion im Werk im sächsischen Freiberg mit 500 Mit­ar­bei­te­r:in­nen...

  8. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    Construction of four new nuclear reactors in addition to the six existing ones. Two companies are still in the running to build the first of the four reactors: the French Électricité de France (EDF), Europe's leading energy company, and the South Korean company KHNP. The two companies are awaiting the decision of the Czech authorities, which, according to information available to Euractiv,...

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

    It was waste from Western industrialized countries and became a major buyer after China stopped importing plastic and electronic waste almost overnight in 2018. From then on, plastic from the USA, Japan and Europe polluted the coasts. After all, this should now come to an end after a transition period: From 2025, Thailand no longer wants to accept plastic scrap from other countries. »This is an important...

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

    Gunter Erfurt says that the location is the “technological heart” of the company... * Solar modules | 1Komma5° Start-up 1Komma5° wants to take over module production from Meyer Burger Europe's solar industry is fighting against cheap competition from China. Manufacturer Meyer Burger therefore wants to relocate its production. Now, according to SPIEGEL information, a German competitor is making...

  11. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    stored. In 2002, a fire broke out at a depth of 535 meters and took days to extinguish. The facility has been closed since then... * Russia | Fuel element factory Lingen | Uranium imports of Europe's nuclear power plants are still customers Habeck wants to end Russian uranium imports Russia continues to supply Europe with gas as well as uranium and fuel elements for nuclear power plants. After Alexei's death...

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

    some of them fled there before the war from other parts of the Gaza Strip, partly on orders from the Israeli military... * Finland | Power storage | Underground One of Europe's deepest mines is being converted into a battery. A huge prototype of a gravity battery is to be built in a Finnish mine. At 1.400 meters underground, the Pyhäsalmi mine in Finland is one of the...

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

    Right to repair is right - under one condition It must be as easy as possible for consumers to have devices repaired. But for the sake of the environment, there must also be limits. Europe wants to move away from the throwaway mentality. By law, Brussels plans to grant consumers the “right to repair”. Representatives of the EU states have finally agreed on this. The...

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

    Democracy” is still considered necessary from historical experience, but also formulates prerequisites... * Ghana | deforestation | Supply chain | Bribes Deforestation in Ghana: Theft of forests for Europe's consumption The EU wants to use a regulation on supply chains to prevent forests that are worth protecting from being cleared. But it doesn't really work. Large trees rise into the bright blue...

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

    ... * Pursuit | annihilation | Mass Murder Remembering Wannsee Conference “What do people do to each other?” On January 20, 1942, the Nazis made plans to exterminate Europe's Jewish population. The deputy memorial director explains in an interview how important the memory of the Wannsee Conference is, especially today. tagesschau.de: On January 20, 1942, the...

  16. 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

    become. But as it turns out, the modern indulgence trade is a major deception. This is what the “FAKT” reporting team around Carmen Salas and Knud Vetten found out during their research in Peru and Europe. It follows the trail of a global billion-dollar business and comes across a network of placement agencies, project management companies, certification companies and other profiteers....

  17. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    was put into operation but failed in 1976 due to two serious accidents. As a result, Soviet light water reactor types were adopted, and Czech industry became involved as a supplier in the production of most reactor components in Eastern Europe. In today's Czech Republic, six reactors provide electricity: two in Temelín near Budweis and four in Dukovany near Brno... 4...

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

    | Working conditions Hard work: Germany builds on the backs of those without a German passport Many languages ​​are spoken on the construction sites in this country. Especially from Central and Eastern Europe. Why the situation of migrant workers is often precarious. In Berlin – and certainly elsewhere too – the construction sites are silent between the years. [...] In December 2023, the institute published...

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

    Calls for the rapid introduction of climate money are growing louder within the Greens. “The Greens must make climate money the subject of the current budget negotiations,” said Green MEP Rasmus Andresen to the taz. The budget politician demands that his party colleagues in the Bundestag make their approval of projects such as tax relief conditional on...

  20. 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”

    The CDU wisely remains unclear as to exactly how it wants to achieve re-entry. If you ask questions, the alleged German special approach is vaguely referred to: While all over Europe and the world people are again or still relying on nuclear power, “we” reject this environmentally friendly and climate-neutral technology for ideological reasons. Apart from that...