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Scheringer am Mittwoch bei einer Anhörung im Bundestag für das Verbot. Scheringer ist Professor für Umweltchemie an der ETH Zürich. PFAS sind per- und polyfluorierte Alkylverbindungen, die in der Natur nicht vorkommen. Sie werden Ewigkeitschemikalien genannt, weil sie nicht oder nur schwer in der Umwelt abgebaut werden. So reichern sie sich nicht nur in Böden und Wasser an, sondern auch im...
sind, dann klingt es nicht mehr so abwegig. SPIEGEL: In Deutschland und auch in der EU regelt das Umweltrecht vor allem staatliche Pflichten gegenüber der Umwelt. Was bringt es, wenn man der Natur eigene Rechte verleiht? Zenetti: Das Staatsziel Umweltschutz könnte auch als Recht der Natur auf ihren Erhalt, auf Existenz geregelt werden. Subjektive Rechte sind ein juristisches Werkzeug, um...
Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty
nicht in der Umwelt vorkommen, verdichtet sich jedoch die Beweislage, dass es sich um eine äußerst problematische Klasse von mehr als 10.000 Stoffen handelt. [...] Eine neue Studie im Fachjournal "Nature Geoscience" sammelte nun Daten von mehr als 45.000 Gewässerproben, die in rund 270 Studien seit 2004 veröffentlicht wurden. Sie stammen aus Grundwasser und Oberflächengewässern. Der weitaus...
Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out
in unzähligen Produkten eingesetzt, darunter wetterfeste Kleidung und Teflon. Nun zeigt eine Testreihe von 14 Umweltschutzgruppen aus vier Kontinenten, darunter auch der Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND), dass in knapp zwei Dritteln der untersuchten Outdoorjacken für Kinder PFAS stecken – in 35 von 56 getesteten Kleidungsstücke wurden sie nachgewiesen. Von den untersuchten...
Eine Utopie. Nichts sollte unversucht bleiben, den Krieg zwischen der Russischen Föderation und der Ukraine zu beenden. Letztlich droht hier neben der Zerstörung der Infrastruktur, der Natur und der Auslöschung von Hunderttausenden Menschenleben die Gefahr eines dritten Weltkrieges mit dem Einsatz von Nuklearwaffen. Dies würde den Untergang auch alles bisher zivilisatorisch Erreichten bedeuten....
Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany
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 den kommenden Wochen auch immer mal wieder regnen würde. Zwar haben mehrere Experten offiziell das Ende der landesweiten Dürre erklärt. Seit 2018 kämpften viele...
Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD
Climate killer. Methane is released when gas and crude oil are extracted. And apparently in far larger quantities than previously assumed. This is proven by a new study that has just been published in the journal Nature. When analyzing six production regions in the USA, it became clear that methane is mostly released negligently through leaks in the plants. But also through the so-called venting,...
Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good
Lingen: No entry from Russia BUND statement with 40 reasons against expanding production - No money from Germany for Russian war chest Berlin - The Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany (BUND) is strictly against the production of Russian-designed fuel elements in Lingen, Lower Saxony. In a statement submitted on Wednesday, the association explains why the application...
even at low temperatures. The reason: The solution consists of tiny molecules. These form “tubes” in which lithium ions move faster, as the team reports in “Nature”. Whether in cell phones, laptops or electric cars: lithium-ion batteries have become an integral part of the world. They form the basis for numerous battery-powered applications that...
with specific geochemical properties that dissolve the gas and convert it into a carbonate mineral through so-called “in situ mineralization”. However, in nature this process takes seven to ten years – too long. Groundbreaking discovery: Microbes can convert CO₂ into rock A discovery in the Sanford Underground Research Facility could now make the process clearer...
A research team from Germany, Austria and Italy applied pesticides to the largest contiguous apple-growing region in Europe - the South Tyrolean Vinschgau. In the specialist magazine "Nature Communications Earth & Environment" they now report on discoveries in unexpected places, such as on mountain peaks at 2.300 meters above sea level. This shows that the resources can also be found far away from the apple orchards...
June, can be put into operation. The operation was originally scheduled for March 30th. In a note to investors, Georgia Power said the tremors were "similar in nature" to the tremors that occurred during start-up testing for Unit 3, which came online last year. [...] The five members of the Georgia Public Service Commission have...
contained iron oxide using hydrogen plasma in an electric arc furnace. Within a few minutes, metallic, easily extractable iron is created, as the researchers report in “Nature”. The highlight: the process is quick, economically profitable and also renders the toxic heavy metals in the red mud harmless. Steel and aluminum are among the most important...
Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?
Israeli instructions sought protection in the south of Gaza,” argued the Foreign Minister. "They can't just disappear into thin air."... * Climate Change | Groundwater | Drought Large-scale “Nature” study: Groundwater levels are falling worldwide Climate change is increasing the need for water to grow food. As a result, groundwater levels are falling in many places, a study shows. In...
Livestock keeper. Who collects? Ministries, state companies, agricultural giants. And companies outside the industry, such as RWE and Aldi Nord. One thing is striking when you look at the list of beneficiaries: environmental associations, the Nature Conservation Association of Germany (Nabu) and the Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany (BUND) also receive millions in funding from the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Loud...
high that they need to protect themselves better. But this insight is quickly forgotten when the topic disappears from the headlines. Redistribution of money for nature conservation into the federal budget Offshore wind power Money for nature conservation is wasted in the budget Farmers' protests continue from today, although the cuts in their subsidies have been partially reversed...
Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support
the major processing of a large number of postponed legislative proposals. These not only concern the accelerated expansion of renewables, but also better protection of the climate and nature. Around Christmas, the storm "Zoltan" raged over Germany, followed by endless rain. Dikes gave way, places were trapped or had to be evacuated. Still half standing...
She founded a fake company and mixed together a climate-damaging cleaning product with green marketing slogans. The dirty cleaning product “Ecoviel” is “good for people and nature,” the company “CDF Cleaning Technology” advertises. This may be bold, but legally it's perfectly fine, assures Thomas Fischer from Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), who helped with the recipe. [...] Two million...
Carbon – are hidden in coastal ecosystems. More precisely: the CO2 that mangroves, sea grasses and salt marshes draw from the atmosphere and store. The ecosystems are classified as so-called nature-based solutions, i.e. natural climate protection solutions. In the future, like forests and moors, they should help reduce the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere and thus...
he goes on the ice" Ever since George Orwell's fable "Animal Farm" we have known that the parable about animals is a truly brilliant idea to give people an insight into their own nature. With this trick the narrator avoids that otherwise usual defensive reactions. The story that ostriches bury their heads in the sand when threatened is based on observations...
