Tag: environment
Lützerath cleared except for two activists
Evacuation of Lützerath The last demonstrators were taken from the site today – only two activists are currently still in a tunnel. (Photo: dpa) erkelenz On Sunday, the police completed…
Quiet night after clashes in Lützerath – police want to continue evacuation on Sunday
erkelenz In the lignite town of Lützerath, which was occupied by activists, it remained quiet after the violent clashes early on Saturday evening on Sunday night. A reporter from the…
Police start clearing the occupied lignite site
Lützerath Between the wind and rain, the howling of the sirens can be heard in Lützerath early on Wednesday morning. For the activists who have been occupying the village for…
Police start clearing the occupied lignite site
Lützerath Between the wind and rain, the howling of the sirens can be heard in Lützerath early on Wednesday morning. For the activists who have been occupying the village for…
Police start clearing the occupied lignite site
Erkelenz, Berlin It’s still dark when the sirens wail in Lützerath on Wednesday morning. For the activists who occupied the village to protect it from opencast lignite mining, this means…
Price wars between supermarkets and brand manufacturers harm the environment
It was the biggest excitement in the food trade in the past year: the dispute between grocers and their suppliers over purchase prices, which tore large gaps on the shelves.…
Police start clearing the occupied lignite site
Erkelenz, Berlin It’s still dark when the sirens wail in Lützerath on Wednesday morning. For the activists who occupied the village to protect it from opencast lignite mining, this means…
Police start clearing the occupied lignite site
Erkelenz, Berlin Massive police forces began evacuating the village of Lützerath on the edge of the Rhenish lignite mining area in North Rhine-Westphalia on Wednesday. Hundreds of police officers moved…
Food prices: Federal Environment Agency insists on value-added tax
Berlin weekly market From the point of view of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), fruit, vegetables and grain should be completely exempt from VAT. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The debate about…
Food prices: Federal Environment Agency insists on value-added tax
Berlin weekly market From the point of view of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), fruit, vegetables and grain should be completely exempt from VAT. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The debate about…
Turning waste into profit – A new global trend is emerging
Cologne The World Bank calculated in 2018 that people leave behind two billion tons of garbage worldwide every year. And by 2050 the mountain is likely to grow to 3.4…
Emissions trading 2022 brings 13.2 billion euros for climate funds
Ships in the port of Hamburg A new record was set for income from emissions trading. (Photo: imago images/Joerg Boethling) From the sale of carbon dioxide pollution rights, Germany received…
What will change in funding in Germany in 2023
Charging parking lot in Hanover In the new year, the state is reducing subsidies for electrical equipment in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf A new funding guideline for the so-called “environmental…
President Lula takes office under tight security
Sao Paulo Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as the new President of Brazil. The 77-year-old took his oath of office in Congress on Sunday. He had…
What to do with old PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones?
New electrical appliances 38 percent of consumers attach great importance to always having the latest products. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin The warnings sound like “Don’t imitate under any circumstances”. But the…
President Lula takes office under tight security
Sao Paulo It was already clear before New Year’s Day that the office would not be handed over in accordance with democratic practice. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was voted…
New funding guideline – less money from the state
Charging parking lot in Hanover In the new year, the state is reducing subsidies for electrical equipment in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf A new funding guideline for the so-called “environmental…
Historical Environment Agreements from Nearly 190 Countries, Including Turkey
The United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP15) hosted a historic agreement. UN countries have made commitments to protect biodiversity. The countries of the world took action, albeit late, to protect…
More money for biodiversity, protection of land and sea areas: World Nature Summit agrees
World Nature Summit in Canada The 15th World Summit on Nature – which also goes by the abbreviation COP15 – was originally supposed to have taken place in China in…
Ideally, artificial photosynthesis could stop climate change
Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl The author is head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and holds the Chair of Innovation and Technology Management (iTM) at the Karlsruhe…