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

    Great. At 916 billion US dollars (almost 859 billion euros), they alone accounted for more than a third (37 percent) of global military spending - about three times as much as second-placed China with an estimated 296 billion dollars... * Chemicals | Pesticides | Brain Development Study Warns: Common Environmental Chemicals Apparently Damage Brain Development Chemicals Used in Disinfectants...

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

    After Russia's attack on Ukraine, there seemed to be a social consensus that dependence on one country for energy issues is fatal. That's it. This time it's about China, which is flooding the European markets with its solar systems and putting local manufacturers in distress. Local solar system manufacturers have already had to...

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

    Founded, NATO appears to be at the height 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 current conflict with Russia, NATO seems to be still following the myths of...

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

    which makes expensive and maintenance-intensive protective devices such as sun and hail protection nets unnecessary... * EU Commission | Subsidies | Dumping Dumping threatens the solar industry: EU targets China The Commission is investigating two companies on suspicion of illegal subsidies. The German solar industry rejects anti-dumping duties. BRUSSELS/BERLIN taz | The German...

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    is absurd: The industry is booming and will continue to boom - 40 percent more capacity was installed last year alone. But most of the systems are manufactured in China with high subsidies and are thrown onto the market here at competitive prices. Meyer Burger is not bankrupt either, but is relocating its module production to the USA because there are generous subsidies there. And in...

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

    But officials in Tel Aviv are becoming less and less interested in this. [...] 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 or...

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

    I will stand my ground and continue to stand up for the free-democratic basic order wherever that is necessary." * Subsidies | Solar industry | Resilience bonus Fight against cheap goods from China: Can the German solar industry still be saved? The Bundestag is discussing subsidies for the solar industry. A resilience bonus could protect the solar industry. While some hope...

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

    Around 2027 highly radioactive fuel rods will be stored in 1.600. The BGZ will apply for a new operating license in around 10 years - it is not yet clear how long it must be valid for. * Russia and China plan mini-nuclear power plant on the moon Roscosmos space agency Russia is considering nuclear power plant on the moon China and Russia want to bring people to the moon in the coming years. Roscosmos boss...

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

    fight for a clean homeland. Thailand has long been considered “the garbage dump of the world.” In addition to its own consumption, it imported waste from western industrialized countries and became a major buyer after China stopped the import of plastic and electronic waste almost overnight in 2018. From then on, plastic from the USA, Japan and Europe polluted the coasts. After all, now after a...

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

    awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 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

    could have played a role... * Subsidies | Innovations | Solar modules | Mass production Is the industry burning ablaze? Economist: Anyone who wants state aid can go BASF is fleeing to China. Miele to Poland. Auto supplier ZF Friedrichshafen and solar module manufacturer Meyer Burger are toying with the USA. The message from German industry is clear: without state aid we are gone...

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

    The Russian uranium ship Baltiyskiy 202 is currently heading towards the port of Rotterdam - most likely carrying uranium for Lingen again. 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...

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

    According to the police, additional areas in the area have been released. The Bundestag subway station was therefore closed, and there were large crowds at other subway and S-Bahn stations in the city center... * China | Solar energy | CO₂ emissions 1.700 GWh per year Gigantic solar park in China generates electricity day and night A gigantic solar park has been put into operation in China that generates electricity day and night...

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

    explained one of the authors, Scott Jasechko, from the University of California. Regions with particularly intensive agricultural use were hardest hit, including northern China, Iran and the western United States. Fruit and vegetable cultivation in Spain In large parts of Spain, the groundwater level was also falling at the fastest rate, at two meters per year. In Andalusia,...

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

    in the fight between Israel and Hamas... * The countries of the Global South and the hypocrisy of the West in Davos The Global South is increasingly opposing Western hypocrisy - China is rightly giving Selenskyj the cold shoulder in Davos. South Africa files genocide lawsuit against Israel. When morality and power become multipolar. Comment. [...] Zelensky knows that he is in favor of his plan...

  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

    It was now said that it had been above the 12 degree threshold for 1,5 months. Experts believe it is entirely possible that 2024 will be even warmer and that the entire year could break the 1,5 degree threshold for the first time... * China | Wind energy | Offshore wind energy records: China's new electricity giants The wind turbines are growing into the sky. The world's largest, with enormous outputs, are being built in China. What a...

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

    A hydrogen bomb is normally many times higher than a fission bomb. Rather, experts assume it is a fission bomb boosted using hydrogen. The People's Republic of China, which has often supported North Korean positions in the past, condemned the test in clear terms. At the request of the United States and Japan, the United Nations Security Council...

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

    This is followed by the Cofrentes nuclear power plants (1.100 MW), Unit 2 of the Vandellos nuclear power plant (1.087 MW) and lastly the most recent Trillo nuclear power plant (1988) with an output of (1.066 MW) in 2035... * China | Baerbock The Chinese simply don't understand Germany anymore. China is a world power - and doesn't necessarily wait for moral advice made in Germany. The Chinese don't understand how...

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

    expanded perspective for sustainable energy use in historic buildings... * Great Britain | EDF | Hinkley Point nuclear power: Chinese can also count After cost explosion, China partner is withdrawing from the construction of Hinkley Point C in Great Britain. France's EDF group is facing mega losses. A lesson about the market and power. News on the subject of cheap nuclear power. The Chinese...

  20. 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”

    Nuclear energy has long since passed its peak. In mid-2023, 32 reactors were online in 407 countries, compared to 20 438 years ago. There are only notable new buildings in the USA and China... * Brazil | Rainforest | Consumption Tropical hardwoods often come from illegal felling The popular hardwood Ipe comes largely from illegal deforestation, a Swedish study finds....