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

    im Fachjournal "Nature Neuroscience" veröffentlicht wurde. Chemikalien in Desinfektions- und Flammschutzmitteln schädigen Gehirnzellen Oligodendrozyten gehören zu den Gliazellen im Zentralnervensystem. Sie wickeln sich um das zentrale Nervensystem herum und ermöglichen so hohe Denkgeschwindigkeiten des Gehirns. Zudem versorgen sie die Neuronen mit Energie und spielen bei der Weiterleitung...

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

    However, the pace of reducing emissions in the electricity sector is “significantly too slow,” warned KfW. [...] Guaranteed minimum and maximum price Now from 2027 only a two-tier system will be permitted: a guaranteed minimum price for purchase on the one hand, but also a maximum price on the other. If the market prices rise even higher, then the operators have to...

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    and an “abrupt, violent revolutionary overthrow”. The aim of the transformation is to change the existing economic and social conditions. In the existing system, it is easy for conservatives to counter progressive projects with the neoliberal basics: loss of competitiveness, migration of industries, loss of jobs and so on...

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

    Seven reactor types under the microscope The study examined seven different reactor types, including lead- and gas-cooled reactors, molten salt reactors and accelerator-driven systems... IMHO The first "mini-reactors" were built in the mid-1950s at the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS ) tested. In addition to ship and submarine reactors, the military would also like...

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

    becomes. The USA produces the most oil and natural gas in the world. 80 times more harmful than CO2 The study is the most comprehensive to date measuring methane emissions from US oil and gas systems, says climate researcher Lena Höglund Isaksson of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)... * There can only be one in Russia, the flawless Putin. His election victory stands...

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

    The Federal Audit Office's new report on the energy transition shows once again: The authority has a fundamental problem understanding a 2018 percent renewable energy system. Every few years the marmot greets you from the Federal Audit Office's energy transition reports. We remember: Conclusion of the XNUMX report: The Federal Ministry of Economics is coordinating the energy transition...

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

    greater. Strasbourg. The European Parliament is pushing for the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. The country attacked by Russia needs “in particular sophisticated air defense systems, long-range cruise missiles such as the Taurus systems,” parliament said. A corresponding – legally non-binding – resolution was passed on Thursday with 451 yes votes, 46...

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

    who returned to Russia in 2021 after a poison attack despite the threat of imprisonment, caused consternation in many countries. Politicians accused Putin and the Russian justice system of political murder - especially US President Joe Biden. Although we don't know exactly what happened, there is no doubt that Navalny's death was a consequence of Putin's actions and those of his...

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

    They talk about structural racism, structural sexism - everything is always structural for them, because only the structure guarantees that they can imagine themselves in the big fight against the system - but then they order kimchi and sushi from Lieferando and give it to whoever Euphemistically, “delivery hero” means a 40 cent tip – as a reward for taking the stairs to the sixth floor...

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

    Maaßen was the wrong person at the Office for the Protection of the Constitution from the start. A committee of inquiry into his term of office is now needed. The Maaßen case shows once again: the Office for the Protection of the Constitution has a systematic problem. Hans-Georg Maaßen is not the first head of the secret service who not only has a lousy record, but also has a protective hand over right-wing extremist parties, groups and...

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

    wanted to praise away. Vice President and Senate President Victoria Villarruel, on the other hand, can expect greater chances. The smart southpaw from a family of military men, who likes to systematically put the crimes of the dictatorship (1976-83) into perspective, displays the negotiating skills in the Senate that Milei lacks. She recently proudly tweeted a reference to a portrait of herself in...

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

    to deepen it even further and to abolish many rights that the people have fought for: including the right to abortion, the right to housing, the right to access the health system and many more. In addition to water, they also wanted to privatize public spaces such as squares and beaches. So the floor. They seem to want to privatize everything except the air we...

  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”

    The course of this accident refutes the safety philosophy of nuclear energy production at its weakest point: the incorrect actions of humans in relation to a highly complex machine system are not predictable. December 25, 1988 Major sloppiness New high point in the series of breakdowns in nuclear reactors Brokdorf was operated without functioning emergency generators, in Biblis extra...

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

    | Climate change Rising sea levels in South Asia: A country is drowning The Sundarbans in the Bay of Bengal are the largest mangrove forests in the world. Rising sea levels threaten the ecosystem and local residents. The Sonar Bangla Resort was certainly popular with tourists in the past: Located under palm trees, almost directly on the sea, the colorfully painted ones surrounded a small pond...

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

    contributed little to the climate crisis? The world's fossil energy can be understood as a huge legacy... * December 2, 2009 (INES 2) Cruas, FRA Vegetation blocked the inlet of the cooling system, the system had to be shut down and repaired. (Costs approx. 4 million US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia fr Centrale nucléaire de Cruas On December 2nd, in Unit 4 of the NPP...

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

    2, occurred in 2002: Due to an accidentally opened valve, there was a pressure drop in the primary circuit at the Tihange nuclear power plant and cooling water evaporated. If the safety systems had not responded, a meltdown could have resulted. Wikipedia Tihange Nuclear Power Plant On November 22, 2002, an accident occurred in Unit 2 (INES 2). The reactor – to this...

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

    from a low-level radioactive pool of water discovered in September. At the decommissioned Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant (Heilbronn district), damage was discovered in the system for treating radioactive wastewater during a routine inspection. According to a statement from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, two leaks were found in a pipeline at the end of September...

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

    Electric car battery with three times the lifespan at a lower price In order to increase the lifespan of batteries for electric vehicles, the Argonne National Laboratory in the USA has developed battery systems that can withstand the physical stress caused by frequent charging and discharging much better. In addition, the new batteries should have less impact on the environment. Tongchao Liu from Argonne...

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

    above acceptable safety values. This poses a potential health risk for millions of people, the agency said. Even in small amounts, the chemical can weaken the immune system, and it can also lead to reduced fertility and allergic skin reactions... * Resilience | Resilience | Biosphere Six of nine planetary boundaries exceeded Update...

  20. Newsletter XXXV 2023 - August 27 to September 2 - News+ Historic victory: Ecuador becomes the first country to say no to oil

    Feed-in tariffs for agri-PV, parking lot PV, floating PV and moorland PV should be introduced instead of forcing them into crippling tenders that are hostile to citizens' energy. Introduction of incentives for local system-serving investments with a mix of all renewable energies, storage and sector coupling. A combined cycle power plant tariff could achieve this. Only in this way can the political will...

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