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

    is "simply not authorized to make judgments that have national and political consequences," said lawyer Daan Lunsingh Scheurleer to the AFP news agency before the proceedings opened on Tuesday. Shell's Netherlands boss, Frans Everts, assured that the company believes "urgent action is necessary for climate protection." But the court hearing is not the right way to get there. The...

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

    Seven countries are either phasing out nuclear energy, not building new reactors or not expanding the program. Some of these strategies, such as those in the Netherlands and Sweden, are currently being revised. Even if political changes in some countries reopen the door for the construction of new nuclear power plants, the actual work would...

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    and investing in sustainable energy sources. After the end of locally produced city gas, German natural gas supply was entirely focused on flexible pipeline supplies, initially from the Netherlands and later from Russia and Norway. Only Norway remained after Russia no longer wanted gas and the gas field in Groningen was closed due to earthquakes caused by production...

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

    which gets around 65 percent of its electricity from nuclear power, Eastern European countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania have long relied on nuclear energy. However, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands also use nuclear power. A narrow majority of 14 EU states are now members of a nuclear power alliance under French leadership. Countries like Germany, Austria and...

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

    to Israel, with thousands of so-called precision-guided munitions, bombs and more - bypassing the legally required reports to Congress... * Netherlands | Duration | Borssele nuclear power station Bright future for Zeeland Endless nuclear power Dutch parliament decides to build four new nuclear power plants. 50-year-old reactor could last until 2050...

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

    Newsletter VII 2024 February 11th to 17th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

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

    4,2 gigawatts of installed capacity in offshore wind farms were connected to the grid. That is 40 percent more capacity at sea than in 2022. Most of the capacity has been installed in the maritime areas of the Netherlands, France and Great Britain. According to the Onshore Wind Energy Foundation, there were more than 1.500...

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

    At the World Climate Conference, 22 countries declare that they want to triple their nuclear capacities by 2050. These include many friendly and experienced nuclear power nations: the USA, France, Finland, Great Britain, Japan, Canada, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, South Korea and Ukraine. But Mycle Schneider shakes his head. "It doesn't work," says the editor of...

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

    Guardian« (roughly: Guardian of Prosperity) was announced in the Red Sea. The US-led coalition already includes Bahrain, France, Great Britain, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway and the Seychelles. Greece and Australia also want to join the alliance. Spain says it only wants to take part in an EU or NATO mission. The...

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

    Nausea and circulatory problems... * November 16, 2001 (INES ? Klass.?) High Flux Reactor, Petten, NLD Wikipedia Institute for Energy As part of the EURATOM Treaty, the Netherlands and the then EURATOM Commission concluded the treaty in 1961 to establish the European research center that opened in Petten in 1962. It took over the high-flux reactor that had gone into operation the year before...

  11. Newsletter XLI 2023 - October 8th to 14th - News+ India - Flood and destruction - the last generation is right

    Framatome not only wants to continue importing uranium fuel from Russia. The company is currently also planning to export enriched uranium dioxide from Lingen via the Netherlands to Russia. Hanau-based Orano NCS (Nuclear Cargo Service) GmbH is responsible for carrying out the planned exports. Corresponding new permits for carrying out transport by truck...

  12. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    but these only cover a fraction of the estimated 40.000 to 60.000 industrial chemicals. According to the German Nature Conservation Association, pesticides contain around 1.000 different substances... * Netherlands | Natural gas | Earthquake Netherlands closes Europe's largest gas field For years there have been calls for an end to production in Groningen due to earthquakes in the region. 429 billion euros were...

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

    had defects and the research reactor had to remain shut down for 5 months. (Costs?) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Institute for Energy As part of the EURATOM Treaty, the Netherlands and the then EURATOM Commission concluded the contract in 1961 to establish the European Research Center, which opened in Petten in 1962. It took over the...

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

    out of? While countries like Germany have abandoned nuclear energy, a massive expansion of nuclear power is planned in France. Great Britain also wants to stick to nuclear power. The Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Sweden and the Czech Republic have postponed the already planned phase-out and in some cases have launched new construction plans for nuclear power plants instead. [...] There are, nuclear critics agree...

  15. Newsletter XXXIII 2023 - August 13th to 19th - News+ Military coup in Niger: Uranium mining and environmental destruction as deeper reasons?

    Helsinki has released a proposal that could cut global chemical production more than ever before. Environmental authorities from five countries - Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden - have presented a plan that would severely restrict the production of more than 12 substances. They are available as per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds, or PFAS for short...

  16. 2010 to 2019 - INES, NAMS and other events

    had defects and the research reactor had to remain shut down for 5 months. (Costs?) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Institute for Energy As part of the EURATOM Treaty, the Netherlands and the then EURATOM Commission concluded the contract in 1961 to establish the European Research Center, which opened in Petten in 1962. It took over the...

  17. 2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Millions of euros in replacement electricity have to be purchased. November 16, 2001 (INES Klass.?) High Flux Reactor, IfE, Petten, NLD Wikipedia de Institute for Energy As part of the EURATOM Treaty, the Netherlands and the then EURATOM Commission concluded the contract in 1961 to establish the European Research Center, which was established in 1962 was opened in Petten. It took over the...

  18. Newsletter XXX 2023 - July 23-29 - News+ Chomsky: What happens when orders from Washington are not followed?

    in offshore wind farms in the North Sea were threatened by changes to the Renewable Energy Act. The other two lawsuits come from the energy companies RWE and Uniper, which are demanding 1,4 billion or several hundred million euros from the Netherlands - because of the coal phase-out by 2030. They had invested in coal-fired power plants there... * Wind power | Electricity route |...

  19. Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson

    Newsletter XXIX 2023 July 16th to 22nd *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 News+ Background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a non-exhaustive list of known incidents and releases of radioactivity... Excerpt for this month: July 5, 2000 (INES ? Class?) Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant, DEU July 8, 2008 (INES 1 Class?)...

  20. Newsletter XXVI 2023 - June 25 to July 1 - News+ Two tips on how we can further strengthen the far-right AfD

    become. Defaming scapegoats is a core element of right-wing radicals' victories. And a lightning rod for frustration works particularly well... June 25th Netherlands | Natural gas production | Earthquake decision by the Netherlands Largest European gas field will be shut down due to earthquake The largest natural gas field in Europe will soon be completely closed because...

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