Tag: CO2
Petrol and diesel are now more expensive
electricity Despite the lower EEG surcharge, electricity is unlikely to become cheaper. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The carbon tax increased at the beginning of the new year. Instead of 25 euros…
CO2 tax increased – fuel now more expensive
electricity Despite the lower EEG surcharge, electricity is unlikely to become cheaper. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The carbon tax increased at the beginning of the new year. Instead of 25 euros…
Greece relies on floating offshore wind farms
Athens Not only sailors appreciate the strong winds around the islands of the Aegean Sea. Now energy companies are also focusing on Greek waters. The government in Athens intends to…
Germany will probably miss climate targets for 2022 and 2023
Robert Habeck “We will probably still miss our targets for 2022, even for 2023 it will be difficult enough.” (Photo: AP) Berlin Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and…
Energy policy with serious consequences – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
It can get a bit blumberant in view of the simultaneity of the energy policy decisions: In a few hours at the turn of the year three German nuclear power…
The transport sector will surprisingly keep to its CO2 budget in 2021
Berlin According to the association, the CO2 budget of the transport sector will fall further to 140 million tons in 2022. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The transport sector emitted 145 million…
How the EU Commission wants to repay 800 billion euros
power plant CO2 emissions trading has been around for a long time, but it should be expanded and will therefore generate more income. (Photo: imago images / Future Image) Brussels…
How the EU Commission wants to get rid of CO2
Brussels Politicians know very well: The climate cannot be protected by reducing CO2 alone, but humanity must purposefully remove the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. For example, the EU is…
Start-up for CO2 emissions Planetly sells to US company
For many in the start-up scene, it should come as a surprise what the founders Anna Alex, 36, and Benedikt Franke, 38, are now announcing: They are selling Planetly to…
Rising energy costs require a variable CO2 price
Oil pumps on an oil field near Ponca City The energy costs have risen significantly recently. (Photo: dpa) Germany’s consumers are groaning at rising prices for petrol, diesel, oil and…
The energy transition will not succeed without economic growth
Conflicts within this ministry are thus programmed. After all, the management of the house has so far upheld the social market economy as the “basis of our free, open and…
In this way, you can earn money with your e-car on the side
Dusseldorf Anyone who buys an electric car not only benefits from a purchase bonus: From January 2022, one can even earn money with electric cars every year. Because private individuals…
Start-ups will soon be offering e-car owners CO2 reduction bonuses
Dusseldorf E-car owners will be able to earn money on the side from next year: From 2022 they can secure an annual bonus – currently of around 250 euros per…
Protectionism threatens with a CO2 border tax
Steel workers in Salzgitter Things will get really serious from 2026, when importers of steel, aluminum, cement, fertilizers and electricity will have to pay an estimated 75 euros per ton…
USA and China sign climate pact – but crucial details are missing
Washington There has not been so much agreement between the rivals USA and China for a long time. “As great powers of the world we have to accept our responsibility…
Dozens of governments and companies are planning to phase out combustion engines – but Germany of all places is missing
Cars at a traffic light Because of the use of fossil fuels, the transport sector is one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf 31 countries,…
More than 20 states want to end sales of internal combustion engines
Exhaust gases The car companies should aim to sell only zero-emission cars and vans in leading markets by 2035 at the latest. (Photo: dpa) Glasgow In the hot phase of…
We can still turn things around
The world seems to have strayed from the course: The effects of man-made climate change are enormous and are already bringing numerous regions to the brink of catastrophe. Extreme weather…
Anyone who sees climate protection only as a burden misjudges the opportunities
Climate change Protecting the climate can create growth and prosperity. The key are innovative business models, technologies, products, machines, systems and processes. Dusseldorf Anyone who talks about climate protection these…
We finally have to do more to combat climate change
Polar bear on an ice floe Climate change has been ignored for too long. (Photo: DigitalVision / Getty Images) Dusseldorf Everyone seems to agree that the climate crisis is the…