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

    nötig ist... Die nukleare Kette Three Mile Island, USA [...] Bis heute verhindert effektive Lobbyarbeit der Atomindustrie eine aussagekräftige wissenschaftliche Analyse der Folgen für Umwelt und Gesundheit. [...] Mehr als zwei Millionen Menschen lebten damals im Umkreis von 80 km. Am 28. März 1979 ereignete sich dort die bis dahin schwerste Katastrophe der zivilen Atomenergie. Eine Notklappe...

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

    den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten wird gerade die größte Solaranlage der Welt gebaut... * Klimaschutz | Aufrüstung | Militarisierung Zwischen Kriegslogik und Klimaschutz: Wie Aufrüstung unsere Umweltziele torpediert Der Traum von Machbarkeit bringt Aufrüstung und Klimaschutz problemlos unter einen Hut. Warum das eine Illusion ist – und wie die Gesellschaft remilitarisiert wird. Ewiges Wachstum...

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

    für Verkehrs- und Gebäudesektor / Verkehrsminister Wissings Missachtung von EU-Vorgaben kann für Deutschland teuer werden Der verschleppte Klimaschutz im Verkehrssektor ist nach Ansicht der Umwelt- und Entwicklungsorganisation Germanwatch mittlerweile das gravierendste Problem in der deutschen Klimapolitik. Damit wird das geltende Klimaschutzgesetz gebrochen – dies droht das Vertrauen in den...

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

    PCBs have been banned in Germany since 1989, and in the USA for a decade longer. PCBs can still be released as a byproduct. The chemicals accumulate in the environment over many years and are considered harmful to health. Among other things, they are suspected of being carcinogenic. Often not included in studies The research team led by David Megson from Manchester...

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

    floors. What did it mean for global nutrition? Guest post. There is no question that war leaves lasting destruction in its wake. This includes damage to both people and the environment. As we enter the third year of Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine, we must reflect on the impact of the war on Ukraine, the resilience of its people...

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

    and the wokeness can be imagined as that. In terms of economic policy, we could certainly use a shift to the left. And it's been that way for a while. * pollutant | Urine samples | Phthalate Federal Environment Agency suspects Does the pollutant discovered in children's urine come from sunscreen? A few days ago, a pollutant discovered in urine samples - including from small children - made headlines. The...

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

    like Tesla should have known better. * Repair 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...

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

    should apply to society as a whole. There is a Nazi slogan that is often printed on T-shirts today: “Trees have roots, so do people.” So everyone should stay where they belong environmentally - why the next best comparison for us humans should be trees and not some fancy animal species remains unclear. [...] The AfD has made it its mission...

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

    | 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! There is no one among the top ten recipients in this country...

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

    The increase in prices has decreased.«... * Emissions | LNG | Terminal LNG boom in the USA: A dirty business The liquid natural gas industry brings jobs to Louisiana - and destroys the environment and people's health. German companies are also involved. [...] Three different terminals are already in operation in Cameron, with up to a dozen more being planned. Should the...

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

    “Ecoviel” cleaning products are “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 bottles of "Ecoviel" emit 2986 tons of CO2 during their life cycle, calculates the Institute for Technical Environmental Protection at the TU Berlin for ZDF...

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

    advance. Both are a race against time. A race against climate change. * Agriculture | Transformation | diesel | Farmer catcher “Supporting climate transformation” Federal Environment Agency welcomes the removal of agricultural diesel subsidies - and suggests relief for farmers elsewhere From the Federal Environment Agency's point of view, it is right that the Federal Government...

  13. 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”

    had given. The story of this accident, which almost led to the closure of Biblis, as well as the cover-up by RWE and German politics, in which the then Environment Minister Klaus Töpfer was also involved, was examined in detail by "Spiegel" in 1988... Spiegel 11 December 1988 “We were incredibly lucky” For almost a year, the operators...

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

    high costs for homeowners have been controversially discussed... * Money for new nuclear power plants should come from climate funds Nuclear power revival: Where Putin and Biden agree Russian environmentalist says: Moscow and Washington are jointly pushing nuclear energy at COP28. Why? And what about environmental crimes in Ukraine? Guest post. [...] Amy Goodman: Why do you think the US promotes...

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

    reported. The two world powers, otherwise at odds on many points, agreed to ignore the proverbial elephant in the room: This refers to the exit from oil, gas and coal, which dozens of states and hundreds of environmental organizations have called for. US Vice President Kamala Harris made no mention of the issue in her speech to the plenary session on Saturday. And also in the speech of...

  16. THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023

    The climate catastrophe and the lack of gas deliveries from Russia have led to hectic activities on numerous levels in order to produce more energy in a climate-neutral, sustainable and environmentally friendly manner in the future. This is supposed to happen primarily with supposedly green hydrogen. Hamm is also to be connected to the hydrogen core network. “Things can't get any better” was the headline...

  17. Newsletter XLVII 2023 - November 19th to 25th - News+ Spectacular setback for the development of small nuclear reactors in the USA - The dead horse

    Türkiye | Rosatom | Akkuyu Turkey about to enter the nuclear age The first Turkish nuclear power plant is due to go online soon. We asked Özgür Gürbüz, co-founder of the Turkish environmental protection organization Ekosfer, how the Turkish public perceives the entry into the nuclear age. Interview: Horst Hamm Mr. Gürbüz, at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant site on the Turkish Mediterranean coast...

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

    be lower as a result. What use is a black zero in the federal budgets of the 2020s if series of extreme weather events hit the country and its people in the middle of the century? Reduce environmentally harmful subsidies The traffic light must use the fiasco with the climate and transformation fund, in which there is now a billion dollar hole, constructively - namely to redesign its...

  19. Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?

    fossil fuels have gotten worse. [...] The eagerly watched court case is the culmination of almost ten years of effort. Lliuya, with the support of the environmental organization Germanwatch, filed his lawsuit in November 2015 with the Essen regional court, where RWE has its headquarters. The court initially dismissed the lawsuit, but in 2017 the farmer from Peru successfully...

  20. Newsletter XLIV 2023 - October 29th to November 4th - News+ Uranium exports from Lingen to Russia violate EU law - study by the Greens justifies the possibility of a ban

    in Lingen | Rosatom | Framatome Anti-nuclear organizations protest: No uranium for Putin's Rosatom No enriched uranium is allowed to be delivered to Russia from Lingen, environmental NGOs complain. This violates EU rules. BERLIN taz | Four environmental organizations are protesting against the planned exports of enriched uranium from Lingen to Russia. The main criticism of Broadcast,...