Tag: Climate protection
Habeck’s consultants recommend a change of strategy for industrial transformation
Berlin Robert Habeck’s (Greens) officials have been working on a formula for months. It is designed to determine how steelmakers, chemical plants and other basic industries are reimbursed by the…
FDP commissions reports on the effects
speed limit Since the beginning of the coalition, the FDP and the Greens have been arguing about the right way to go in transport policy. (Photo: imago images/Christian Ohde) Berlin…
Robert Habeck’s consultants recommend a change of strategy in industrial transformation
Berlin Robert Habeck’s (Greens) officials have been working on a formula for months. It is designed to determine how steelmakers, chemical plants and other basic industries are reimbursed by the…
The markets for storing Co2 are booming worldwide
CO2 storage The first CO2 storage of our Greensand project will soon start in Denmark. (Photo: Wintershall Dea/Sören Weper) Esbjerg, Dusseldorf If you want to know how carbon dioxide can…
“Last Generation” – Lots of noise, little substance
A new protest culture is currently emerging in Germany: the activists of the “last generation” are blocking roads and runways, sticking their hands to the asphalt or damaging works of…
Auto industry calls for a rebellion against the Euro 7 emissions standard
Dusseldorf, Berlin, Vienna For Michael Brecht, the new guidelines that the EU wants to set for CO2 emissions from trucks are downright absurd. If it were up to Brussels, according…
Merz encounters resistance with sales plans for steel
Thyssen-Krupp blast furnaces in Duisburg Plans to leave the steel business have repeatedly failed. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Berlin, Frankfurt At Thyssen-Krupp, the discussion about the future of the steel division…
New Deeptech and Climate fund to support start-ups and co
Berlin Climate-neutral trucks on the roads, an AI efficiently controls the power grid, companies can easily obtain urgently needed components using 3D printing – Germany is still a long way…
Coalition exclusion ends without agreement
The chairmen of the traffic light parties and parliamentary groups met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) in the late afternoon. In addition to faster construction of roads and bridges, there…
SPD economic wing wants to defend industrial location with new EU debts
wind power industry “Both the private sector and households should also receive tax credits on everything that promotes the expansion of renewables,” the paper says. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Berlin As…
“Our approach was very different from the German one”
Nadia Calvino Spain does not only want to achieve climate change in its own country. (Photo: AP) Madrid Spain’s Economics Minister Nadia Calviño is calling for a level playing field…
Heated atmosphere at the “Anne Will” talk about Lützerath
Berlin The battle, or should I say the battle for Lützerath, was over, but the noise of the battle was far from over. In any case, in the talk studio…
Hydrogen, the beacon of hope, will remain scarce for years to come
Production of green hydrogen in Spain Experts do not expect a global market for hydrogen to develop until the 2030s. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Berlin Germany can only become climate-neutral if…
Poland increases pressure on Berlin
Good morning dear readers, Last night Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Poland’s initiative to provide his country with Leopard main battle tanks. “Thank you to President Duda, the Polish government…
Lützerath puts the Greens in need of explanation
In Lützerath, a now uninhabited village in the most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the future of the Greens is at stake these days. The place has not only become…
Combustion off ensures new Zoff
Berlin The FDP calls on Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck and the Greens to commit to the industrial location. “At the mobility summit in the Chancellery, the Free Democrats…
Emissions in Germany were too high in 2022
Traffic on German roads In 2022, the transport sector emitted 11 million tonnes of CO2 more than required. The industry achieves its goals. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a study,…
According to an expert report, Minister Wissing violates the law
Volker Wissing The transport minister is criticized for his policies, and now also by Bundestag lawyers. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) violates the requirements of…
Climate protection needs free trade
container port The World Trade Organization (WTO) argues that trade is a positive force for climate and part of the solution for a low-carbon, resilient and just transition. (Photo: imago…
Europe: Brussels wants to tighten emissions trading
Good morning dear readers, economics has truly produced many beautiful neologisms. One of them is the so-called present-time preference. A concept that summarizes that today is more important to us…