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

    doch nun laufen Gespräche über eine Verlängerung der Frist, da LLWR der Ansicht ist, dass mehr Zeit benötigt wird... Übersetzung mit https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (kostenlose Version) * Russland | Überschwemmungen | Uranmine Dobrowolnoje sw Kurgan Russischer Flut-Region droht radioaktive Verseuchung Schneeschmelze und Regen setzen seit zwei Wochen zahlreiche russische Regionen unter Wasser....

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

    Vorgaben für teure Technik entfallen. Anmeldepflichten und Netzanschluss werden vereinfacht – und noch viel mehr. Doch bei allem Jubel: Das Solarpaket hat auch ein großes Manko. Nach dem Angriff Russlands auf die Ukraine schien es einen gesellschaftlichen Konsens zu geben, dass die Abhängigkeit von einem Land in Energiefragen fatal ist. Damit ist es vorbei. Diesmal geht es um China, das mit...

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

    the world is closer to the brink of a third world war than ever before. 75 years after its founding, NATO appears to be at the peak of its power. Today, the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, social upheaval caused by excessive armaments and the encirclement of China in Asia are challenging the military pact in an unprecedented way, Sevim Dagdelen shows in her new book. In the...

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

    charged. López Obrador had accused right-wing Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa of winning October's election by creating "a climate of fear"... * Russia | War economy Putin is ruining his country The economic situation in Russia is bad - and is getting worse. Even a victory in Ukraine would do nothing for the Russian economy...

  5. Newsletter

    Turned the road and finally returned to the starting point. They demonstrated against a military solution to the Ukraine war and for a diplomatic solution in negotiations with Russia. According to the police, around 3500 participants gathered. It feels like there are significantly more. In any case, 6000 demonstrators were registered. [...] banners can be seen. Quite...

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

    Offense, but the officials in Tel Aviv are becoming less and less interested. [...] However, the veto powers Russia and China as well as the non-permanent member Algeria rejected a draft resolution on the war in Gaza introduced by the USA in the UN Security Council on Friday. Russian UN Ambassador Dmitri Polyanski called the text "hypocritical" and said the document must be a demand...

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

    from US oil and gas systems, says climate researcher Lena Höglund Isaksson from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)... * There can only be one in Russia, the flawless PutIn. His election victory is rock solid, two days before the end of the election. The President of the EU Council is already "congratulating" Putin on his landslide victory. Officially, the Russian presidential elections will last until...

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

    Courage for the “white flag”. Negotiations as a sign of strength. In an interview, Pope Francis called on Ukraine to show the “courage of the white flag” and to hold negotiations with Russia. This is reported by Reuters, citing the Swiss broadcaster RSI. Pope calls for negotiations Ukraine is currently unable to stop the Russian army. By...

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

    accuse Israel of failing to comply with the International Court of Justice's order to allow more humanitarian aid to prevent a possible genocide... * Russia | Mourning for Navalny Mourning in Russia People continue to come to Navalny's grave A sea of ​​flowers and wreaths: Even today, many people in Russia say goodbye to Alexei Navalny. The police let...

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

    Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. According to the International Campaign, a total of 164 countries have ratified or signed the convention to date. The USA, Russia, China and India are not included. [...] Despite the Ottawa Agreement, landmines continue to be built and used. According to the Landmine Monitor Report 2022, Russia used at least seven models against Ukraine...

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

    Toxic waste such as cyanide, arsenic and mercury are 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...

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

    Uranium ship Baltiyskiy 202 is currently heading towards the port of Rotterdam - most likely carrying uranium for Lingen. In return, fuel rods for Kazakhstan/China may be taken via Russia. The Kremlin is still busy in the nuclear deal with Western Europe and the federal government is just watching. The council meeting in Lingen on Tuesday was also a scandal: The Greens had a resolution...

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

    coordinated by the Institute for Sustainable Economics (ZOE) and financed by the Climate Finance Fund. The interdisciplinary group met in February 2022, the month in which Russia invaded Ukraine. A year later, the Council decided to develop an economic policy agenda for Germany's natural gas phase-out. [...] ostensibly to discuss climate policy...

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

    experts estimate. In order to protect households, the state wants to offset price spikes above 70 cents... * United States | Great Britain | Lakenheath Threat from Russia According to media reports, the United States wants to station nuclear weapons in Great Britain again. In 2008, the USA withdrew its nuclear weapons stored in England. Now The Telegraph reports...

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

    wanted to. That has changed. Not only when it comes to the Ukraine war, in which many countries, including China and India, continue and even increasingly trade with Russia despite the US and EU sanctions regime, while Brazil under President Lula confidently announces that it will invite Putin to global meetings (Brics and G20) this year... * United States | Defense industry |...

  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

    B to extend another 20 years until 2055."... Translation with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) * SMR | Uranium fuel | HALEU Nuclear energy: How Britain wants to force Russia out of the nuclear fuel market Great Britain relies on small, modular reactors for nuclear energy and is also investing in new fuels in order to force Russia out of the market....

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

    Personnel were exposed to high levels of radiation. Nuclear power accidents by country#Russia Translation with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Nuclear power plantsPlag Beloyarsk (Russia) From 1964 to 1979 there was a series of events in which fuel channels were destroyed in Beloyarsk-1 and workers were killed exposed to increased radiation. In 1977, 50% of the fuel elements in...

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

    the reactors were under control again... Nuclear power accidents by country#Russia Translation with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Nuclear power plantsPlag Beloyarsk (Russia) From 1964 to 1979 there were a series of events in which In Beloyarsk-1, fuel channels were destroyed and workers were exposed to increased radiation. In 1977, 50% of the fuel elements in...

  19. 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”

    Hate speech is taking the place of democratic political debate. In the early 1920s, Mussolini came to power in Italy and after Lenin's death, Stalin took control of Russia. In the 1930s, Hitler, Franco and Mao took sole control. Man is a wolf to man We humans like to hear beautiful stories of wise, kind kings and...

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

    to talk to Erdoğan on the phone: "I won't talk to him again until he apologizes." When tourism companies canceled trips to Turkey and the import of some Turkish export goods to Russia was banned, Erdoğan was forced to apologize. When the same Erdoğan claimed in 2017 that 680 German companies were supporting terrorism, Berlin issued a travel warning for...