Tag: Climate protection
“The nuclear phase-out is the wrong decision”
Karl Ludwig Kley From 2016, the 71-year-old will head the supervisory board at Eon. Eat He is considered the most powerful chief supervisor in Germany: in addition to mandates at…
Europe counters the subsidy policies of China and the USA
wind farm The Commission wants to ensure that investments also take place in structurally weak regions. (Photo: IMAGO/BildFunkMV) Brussels The EU Commission wants to make it easier for EU member…
What Habeck’s plans mean for homeowners
Dusseldorf “Habeck hammer”, “crowbar”, “make a wish ideology” – these are just a few of the reactions to the draft bill from the Ministry of Economics and Building that was…
Weekend of Threats – The new geopolitical verbal battles
Good morning dear readers, It has been a weekend of threats that once again underlines the tense situation in the international community. In the end, as always, everything is connected…
Von der Leyen wants to channel funds into wind, solar and nuclear
Ursula von der Leyen The head of the EU Commission wants to promote climate-friendly technologies. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Brussels In order to avoid a dangerous dependence on China, the EU…
Von der Leyen plans production targets for clean tech goods
Ursula von der Leyen The head of the EU Commission wants to promote climate-friendly technologies. (Photo: dpa) Brussels In order to avoid a dangerous dependence on China, the EU Commission…
“It’s not tax increases we’re talking about here”
>>iOS Is the Minister of Finance too lax about our tax money?The government has undertaken ambitious climate and environmental protection. How can you still have tax privileges on diesel, kerosene…
New oil and gas heating systems are to be banned from 2024
Robert Habeck The Economics Minister wants to ban the installation of new oil and gas heating systems. (Photo: IMAGO/Metodi Popov) Berlin, Dusseldorf Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and Federal…
New pure oil and gas heating systems are to be banned from 2024
Maintenance of a gas boiler Almost half of the approximately 41 million households in Germany heat with natural gas, followed by heating oil with almost 25 percent and district heating…
Economics Minister Habeck wants to ban oil and gas heating from 2024
oil heating Almost half of the approximately 41 million households in Germany heat with natural gas, followed by heating oil with almost 25 percent and district heating with a good…
Dispute over gas and oil – how green does the KfW bank have to be?
Gas power plant in Hanover The state development bank KfW could play a decisive role in the construction of new power plants. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Frankfort The federal government is…
Dispute over gas and oil – how green does the KfW bank have to be?
Gas power plant in Hanover The state development bank KfW could play a decisive role in the construction of new power plants. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Frankfort The federal government is…
Green steel becomes a lucrative business
The current gas-fired direct reduction plants replace existing blast furnaces that use coal as a heat source. In the long term, the plants are to run on hydrogen. This is…
Germany must dare to innovate more
Cyriac Roeding The internationally experienced founder and investor is worried about his German homeland. (Photo: Getty Images, Private [M]) Palo Alto It’s February 2038. The first fusion reactor is producing…
Germany must dare to innovate more
Cyriac Roeding The internationally experienced founder and investor is worried about his German homeland. (Photo: Getty Images, Private [M]) Palo Alto It’s February 2038. The first fusion reactor is producing…
How Habeck wants to revive the photovoltaic industry
Photovoltaic free-field system in Werneuchen, Brandenburg China dominates the market for the manufacture of photovoltaic systems by a large margin. (Photo: IMAGO/Christian Ender) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck…
Great Britain wants to store CO2 from new coal mine underground
London, Dusseldorf The announcement came at an unusual time: in mid-2022 – in a year that brought record heat and drought even to the British Isles – the British government…
Great Britain wants to store CO2 from new coal mine underground
London, Dusseldorf The announcement came at an unusual time: in mid-2022 – in a year that brought record heat and drought even to the British Isles – the British government…
Why new aid is the wrong way
Global trends Handelsblatt author Thomas Hanke analyzes interesting data and trends from all over the world in the column. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) France and Germany are drumming for more subsidies…
European industry promotes e-fuels
truck traffic The EU is considering phasing out diesel trucks by 2040 or earlier and not recognizing synthetic fuels. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In a joint declaration to EU Commission President…