Tag: Emissions trading
In terms of climate policy, the SPD, Greens and FDP are drifting far apart
Olaf Scholz, Annalena Baerbock, Robert Habeck, Christian Lindner (from left) Large differences in content in the future climate policy orientation. (Photo: imago, dpa, Marco Urban, BrauerPhotos / Neugebauer) Berlin When…
Environment Ministry keeps data under lock and key
Berlin Contrary to legal requirements, the Federal Environment Ministry has not yet submitted the climate protection report or the climate projection report. The ministry confirmed this to the Handelsblatt on…
Green steel from Sweden – Klöckner cooperates with start-up
San Francisco, Berlin The European steel market is still on the move: while the manufacturers undercut each other with their dates for the market launch of green steel, some buyers…
Alliance: No climate neutrality without CO2 storage
CO2 storage in a cement plant in Wuhu China is also developing the technology further in order to make industrial processes less harmful to the climate. So far, there has…
Governments can hardly stand the price increase for climate protection
Christoph Herwartz Christoph Herwartz, correspondent in the Handelsblatt office in Brussels, analyzes trends and conflicts, regulatory projects and strategic concepts from the inner workings of the EU. Because anyone who…
Environmental aid is also suing Wintershall Dea
Wintershall Dea The group is sued by Deutsche Umwelthilfe. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Deutsche Umwelthilfe has now also filed a “climate action” against the oil and gas company Wintershall Dea after…
Sustainable e-kerosene from the Emsland
Frankfurt Germany is pushing ahead with the industrial production of synthetically produced aviation fuel. The first production facility for sustainable kerosene was inaugurated on Monday in Werlte in Emsland. “Nobody…
Like RWE, Salzgitter has also hedged against the CO2 price rally
Steel production A Salzgitter employee shovels sand into the tapping channel on the blast furnace in a steelworks. The company has cleverly protected itself against rising CO2 prices. (Photo: dpa)…
Significant tax cuts for families and companies
Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz Vienna The Austrian government coalition has agreed on a tax reform that combines a new system for pricing carbon dioxide with tax cuts for private individuals…
Steel industry – climate protection agreements could be the last chance
Berlin Energy-intensive industries such as steel, chemicals or cement will be under immense pressure in the coming years to make their production processes climate-neutral. The steel industry is particularly in…
Heating costs will rise significantly this year
heating costs After years of falling prices, heating is likely to become more expensive again for households in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a forecast, many households in Germany…
SAP, Salesforce and Microsoft on climate neutrality
Smoking chimneys in the steel mill The determination of CO2 emissions has so far been tedious – several software manufacturers offer solutions. (Photo: imago images / Jochen Tack) Dusseldorf In…
Climate-neutral building is feasible – this is how builders and owners reduce their carbon footprint
Dusseldorf A good week ago, the foundation stone was again celebrated in Hamburg’s Hafencity. This time in the Elbbrücken quarter on the east side of the gigantic 157 hectare urban…
The explosion is just a foretaste
Gas station Anyone who drives on petrol or diesel will inevitably have to dig deeper into their pockets. (Photo: dpa) Politicians across Europe register with horror what the market has…
Large German companies are committed to the 1.5 degree path
Steel production at Thyssen-Krupp in Duisburg The companies are pushing for an internationally coordinated climate policy. (Photo: AP) Berlin On the occasion of the United Nations (UN) Climate Week in…
This is how much CO2 Germany has to save in transport
traffic jam on the highway The repeatedly hotly debated speed limit on motorways would only save two million tonnes of CO2, i.e. a tenth of the required target. (Photo: dpa)…
What climate protection changes in flying
Frankfurt Regardless of how the general election will end in a few days, one thing is already certain: The issue of climate protection will determine politics in the coming years.…
CDU, Greens and FDP: The election programs in the climate check
Dusseldorf Germany is still a long way from being climate neutral. A lot still has to happen by 2045. But how do the big parties plan to do it? Who…
Why the instrument fails to act as a guide
coal-fired power station Companies exploit weaknesses in the emissions trading system. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In theory, the model of European emissions trading makes sense to everyone: Companies that are particularly…
Why RWE even earns from rising CO2 prices
Dusseldorf At first glance, the coal division is just a nuisance for RWE. The exit is sealed, and Germany’s number one coal company must gradually wind up its power plants…