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

    Ein häufiger Einwand ist, dass Milliardäre ihr Vermögen problemlos in Länder mit niedrigen Steuersätzen verlagern können, um der Besteuerung zu entgehen. Genau deshalb gehört solch eine Steuerreform auf die Agenda der G20. Damit eine solche Steuer wirkt, braucht es internationale Zusammenarbeit und globale Abkommen. Was der internationalen Gemeinschaft bei der globalen Mindeststeuer für...

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

    die 76-jährige Śekha Hāsinā, und ihre politische Partei Awami Liga das Land laut Demokratie-Index in eine (moderate) Autokratie verwandelt... * Klimaschutzgesetz | Solarpaket | Wissing Reform des Klimaschutzgesetzes: Ein Schritt vor, zwei zurück Gut, dass der Einbau privater Solaranlagen leichter werden wird. Die schlechte Nachricht ist, dass die Ampel das Klimaschutzgesetz aufweicht. Erst haben...

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

    Maximalpreis. Steigen die Marktpreise noch darüber, dann müssen die Betreiber diese Beträge an den Staat abgegeben. Technisch handelt sich damit um sogenannte Contracts for Difference (CFD). Die Reform war umstritten, da mit den CfD künftig nicht nur Erneuerbare Energien, sondern vor allem auf Drängen Frankreichs auch die Atomkraft gefördert werden darf. Sonderregeln wurden zudem bei Hilfen für...

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    geben, sondern auch gewährleisten, dass die Batterien nach dieser Zeit noch eine Restkapazität von mindestens 85 Prozent haben... * Klimagerechtigkeit | Transformation | Revolution | Reform Rezension Klimagerechtigkeit heißt, die Machtfrage zu stellen Das Buch "Bausteine für Klimagerechtigkeit" beschreibt acht Transformationspfade zu mehr Klimagerechtigkeit. Statt auf Technofixes setzen die...

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

    Daiichi. Each of these three reactor explosions on three different days met the criteria for classification as an INES 7 catastrophic accident. March 11th The United Nations deserves reform Reform of the United Nations: Friendly frontal attack on the veto powers Hundreds of organizations are preparing UN future summits. Reform of the United Nations as a goal. Again...

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

    1 to 3 questions: How would an artificial intelligence (AI) react in such a situation? Should AI even be brave or even human? Who actually really benefits from AI? Courage to reform the United Nations Security Council In the long term, it is unacceptable that the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council and 4 other nuclear states give their...

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

    Two-thirds majority for the election of judges. The Union faction in the Bundestag declared last week that it did not want to negotiate with the traffic light factions about such a reform. Your consent would be necessary for a corresponding change to the Basic Law... * Ukraine War | EU Parliament | Cruise missile criticism of Olaf Scholz EU Parliament calls for Taurus cruise missile for...

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

    Above all, anti-democratic actors." The head of the association demanded: "Instead of financing armaments at the expense of social benefits, we must strengthen the state's income. We need a reform of the debt brake and higher tax revenues." Engelmeier named an excess profits tax for companies, a reform of the inheritance tax and a wealth tax for the super-rich. * United...

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

    Climate protection. Hermann says that such disruptions cannot be tolerated, especially in Saxon regions where skilled workers are urgently needed. The Green politician is therefore calling for a reform of the controversial debt brake. Because you need investments in technologies like batteries. "It will be fatal if we stick to the debt brake, which in reality is...

  10. 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

    The angry farmers also blame themselves for the fact that their industry is currently completely losing the energy tax discount on agricultural diesel. Because they have ignored legitimate calls for reform of this climate-damaging subsidy for decades. Until there is no reform, but a...

  11. 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”

    | KfW With 500 million euros: Germany supports Africa with renewable energy and coal phase-out The BMZ has announced that it will support South Africa with 500 million euros to reform the energy sector through the KfW development bank. But the country needs significantly more money. The coal phase-out in South Africa should be pushed forward in an ecologically sustainable and socially responsible manner. For this purpose...

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

    generated energy required. In addition, the production of ammonia has so far been inextricably linked to the extraction of fossil raw materials, because the required hydrogen is produced from coal or natural gas using steam reforming. The Haber-Bosch process releases 450 million tons of carbon dioxide every year... * China | HTR-PM | Shandong China's demonstration HTR-PM goes into...

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

    Apart from the disputed transfer, the KTF is already fed primarily from income from European and national emissions trading. * CDU | Merzthutjanix does not want a reform of the debt brake Wegner contradicts Merz and calls for reform CDU leader Merz and CSU boss Söder had tried to put a stop to the internal party debate about the debt brake - without...

  14. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    abolished in Germany. Why are there threats of fines running into billions? The traffic light's fear of voters is currently leading to strange capers in German legislation. In the planned reform of the climate protection law, which the coalition launched in the summer after a long dispute, the binding requirements for individual sectors of the economy and their CO₂ emissions, the...

  15. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    was damaged. Repairing the plant would have been uneconomical, so it was decided on July 31, 1990 to shut down Unit 1... October 18 European Union | Subsidies | Nuclear power Reform of the EU electricity market: money for nuclear power The EU energy ministers agree on reforming the electricity market. New state subsidies for French nuclear power plants are possible in the future. BERLIN taz |...

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

    and member of the editorial board of Klimareporter°. An energy price brake would also send the wrong signals. Climate Reporter°: Ms. Kemfert, the Bundestag discussed the reform of the Climate Protection Act for the first time on Friday. In the future, individual ministries will no longer be responsible for ensuring that the requirements are adhered to in their area, but rather the federal government as a whole....

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

    Kemfert from DIW. The gas project is also counterproductive in terms of climate policy because it causes additional emissions and hinders sustainable regional economic development on Rügen... * Reform of the UN | Security Council The UN must be reformed UN Secretary General Guterres, Ukrainian President Zelensky and Chancellor Scholz have recently unanimously called for...

  18. Newsletter XXXVII 2023 - September 10th to 16th - News+ How Germany is ruining the climate with billions in gifts to industry

    Subsidies are at the lower end, such as company car privileges, energy tax breaks for industry and tax breaks for agricultural diesel. However, this does not mean that a reform is not still necessary. Here the climate potential is only slightly lower, but still significant. “Continuing to distribute extra money for climate-damaging economies is completely out of time...

  19. Newsletter XXXVI 2023 - September 3rd to 9th - News+ Scientist predicts brutal “population correction” later this century

    September energy transition | Climate protection | Emissions trading Fossil state aid slows down climate protection: Where is the energy transition? High subsidies flow into the fossil fuel industry. A climate-friendly reform could save ten billion euros, shows a new Greenpeace study. BERLIN taz | Germany invests almost six times as much tax money in climate-damaging subsidies for industry as...

  20. Newsletter XXXII 2023 - August 6th to 12th - News+ Hiroshima - The asphalt will burn. Chaos will reign

    not from cheaper electricity prices. The President of the Federal Network Agency wants to change that. His suggestion: lower network fees for these regions. The Federal Network Agency has advocated a reform of electricity prices with lower fees for regions with a lot of wind power. The president of the authority, Klaus Müller, told the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” that there was a...

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