1. Newsletter XIII 2024 - News+ March 24th - Protest at the first nuclear summit in Brussels against the IAEA's “nuclear fantasies”.

    The case shows that the hydrogen republic is still a pipe dream. The gas is being treated as a future panacea - because the natural gas industry wants to continue doing business and municipalities want to achieve climate goals without having to save energy. However, no one knows whether and when hydrogen will be available, affordable and transportable. It's like today we're...

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

    they are referred to as “forever chemicals”. [...] In September, a Rotterdam civil court issued an interim ruling that Chemours was liable for the damage suffered by surrounding communities as a result of PFAS contamination. Amsterdam lawyer Bénédicte Ficq is also working on a criminal class action lawsuit by local residents. [...] The initiative has now...

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

    yes again next to it. At least that's what many city treasurers are likely to hope. Because 80 cities and districts own shares in the company - mostly for historical reasons. These are primarily municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate. And they are happy, because after the billion-dollar profit, RWE is increasing its dividend: the energy company is paying out 744 million euros as...

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

    Version) * Subsidies | farmers | Agricultural industry Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Fake farmers collect EU agricultural subsidies: farmers and farms are not among the top recipients. Beneficiaries include municipalities, financial investors, corporations and environmental associations. It sounds like a platitude: EU agricultural subsidies are for farmers and farm operators. Who else, right? Not even close! Among the top ten recipients...

  5. 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

    Contracts. The first contract is a 462 MW (6 SMR of 77 MW each) agreement with Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), a consortium that supplies wholesale electricity to approximately 50 municipalities, at a cost of $9,3 billion .USD in Idaho. According to Iceberg Research, the second contract is for 1.848 MW of SMR capacity, the agreement signed with...

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

    the responsible nuclear regulatory authority NRA. This means that uranium rods can be delivered again and introduced into the seven reactors of the plant on the Sea of ​​Japan. This puts the ball in the court of the municipalities, who have to give the green light. However, it is unclear when and whether this will even be the case. TEPCO said the company was working to gain the trust of local authorities...

  7. 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”

    Newsletter L 2023 December 10th to 16th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

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

    most vulnerable states... * Reform | Transport transition | Power politics StVO reform failed for the time being Federal Council stops paradigm shift in traffic The Union and the SPD are working together to slow down the Greens and the municipalities: Because only power politics and not factual politics count, traffic safety and climate protection are falling by the wayside in Germany. One of its major reform works was...

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

    to subject the criticized points to an examination, as the citizens' initiative Nuclear-Free 3 Country Corner recapitulates. This report was commissioned by the BI with the support of individual municipalities and districts. “However, it should be clarified promptly what effort may still be required for a robust transport infrastructure,” was the ESK’s note. [...]...

  10. THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023

    be reduced by at least half. Almost 12 cars were also registered in Hamm in the last 30.000 months (WA November 8th, 11), although Hamm ranks at the lower end of purchasing power in municipalities nationwide. There is still enough money for cars. - And this despite the fact that there are numerous campaigns by environmentalists in Hamm to encourage people to switch to cycling and public transport. Is...

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

    | Lobbyists How the state is cooperating with RWE to worsen the environmental catastrophe. Police have corporate teams evicted. Political revolving doors are swinging, boundaries between the energy giant and municipalities are blurring. About the power of dirty coal in Germany. In early 2023, the German village of Lützerath was the scene of violent clashes between thousands of protesters and the...

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

    AFP quoted. Accordingly, McKinsey wants to pay $230 million to American authorities to avert a civil lawsuit. A judge still has to approve the settlement. US districts, municipalities, schools, indigenous tribal communities and parents of children in detention had filed thousands of lawsuits against McKinsey. They accuse the consultants of working with pharmaceutical companies to develop strategies...

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

    It was also painfully clear on Thursday that all agreements are not worth the paper if they are not implemented on site. On-site means, for example, the nature conservation authorities of the federal states, municipalities and districts. Because they don't do their homework well, Germany has now been convicted by the ECJ of violating EU law. Conservation legislation is not the problem...

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

    probably wants to achieve with this procedure: to get a mining permit after all. * Renewable | Wind turbines | Participation | Mandatory Hope for more acceptance Countries want municipalities to participate in wind power. In the future, residents could share in the profits from wind power. Several federal states are working on corresponding laws. Does this increase the acceptance of wind turbines...

  15. Newsletter XXX 2023 - July 23-29 - News+ Chomsky: What happens when orders from Washington are not followed?

    Hardly any space for wind turbines February 11, 2022 - Germany no longer needs wind turbines * Heat transition | climate friendly | Heat plan This is how heating becomes cool When it comes to heating, it now depends on the municipalities. With new low-temperature networks, they can protect the climate – and relieve the burden on citizens. Heating cooler – that seems to be a contradiction in terms. But after the traffic light government...

  16. Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson

    occurring hydrocarbon resin and a viscous cashew shell extract have been developed... * Energy transition with hydrogen from Lüderitz (NAM) and Lüderitz (DEU) Energy transition in Lüderitz How municipalities in Africa and the Altmark want to benefit from the energy transition In Lüderitz in Namibia, a one of the world's largest hydrogen production plants is being built. A small village in the...

  17. Newsletter XXVII 2023 - July 2nd to 8th - News+ Is nuclear power experiencing a renaissance? There are also military interests behind it

    with the law on municipal heat planning. This is absolutely correct in principle, but it now means that the provisions of the GEG will be suspended on site until the respective municipalities have completed their heat planning... * Skilled workers | Immigration Skills shortage Economics Schnitzer: Net immigration of 400.000 people per year Germany needs...

  18. Newsletter XXVI 2023 - June 25 to July 1 - News+ Two tips on how we can further strengthen the far-right AfD

    Climate-friendly heating will be installed as early as next year. Owners of existing apartments and houses still have time to make a final decision until the relevant heat plans are available in the municipalities. These must be established in larger cities by 2026 at the latest and in smaller communities by 2028, as SPIEGEL learned from negotiating circles. Goes until...

  19. Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed

    Eucalyptus trees... * Tempo 30 | Federal Minister of Transport | Wissing Wissing's obscure choice of words: Nobody asked for a "comprehensive" speed limit of 30. The expansion of the Road Traffic Act is intended to give municipalities more leeway in traffic planning. But at 30 km/h the fun is over. Two years ago, Aachen, Augsburg, Freiburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Münster and Ulm launched the initiative...

  20. Newsletter XXIV 2023 - June 11th to 17th - News+ How the West is losing the Global South

    Now the regulation should only take effect where there are municipal heating plans. While the federal government wants to set a deadline of 2028 for their development, many municipalities in Baden-Württemberg have already almost or even completely completed their heat plans. Three years ago, the 104 largest cities - all those with more than 20.000 inhabitants - were obliged by state law to...

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