Tag: Environmental policy
New advisory groups: the government wants to create a traffic turnaround
Electric car at the charging station The federal government wants to make road traffic more climate-friendly and is setting up advisory bodies for this purpose. (Photo: dpa) Berlin With two…
“We totally agree that nuclear energy is not green.”
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a television program A majority in the EU Parliament voted in favor of the project on Wednesday. (Photo: dpa) Chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticized the…
Bundestag passes laws to accelerate the expansion of green electricity
wind farm Over the next few years, two percent of the country’s area will be reserved for wind energy alone. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin The Bundestag has paved the way…
There are better alternatives to gas and nuclear power
High-voltage power line in Lower Saxony The energy transition requires investments in wind power, power lines and smart grids. (Photo: dpa) Sometimes it is still a bit difficult to imagine…
Gas and nuclear power get eco-labels
Brussels, Frankfurt The European Parliament has approved the controversial EU eco-label for gas and nuclear power. Instead of the 353 MEPs required to reject this extension, only 278 voted against…
There are better alternatives to gas and nuclear power
High-voltage power line in Lower Saxony The energy transition requires investments in wind power, power lines and smart grids. (Photo: dpa) Sometimes it is still a bit difficult to imagine…
Frans Timmermans teases Ursula von der Leyen
Frans Timmermans The Vice President is responsible for the Green Deal in the EU Commission. (Photo: dpa) Brussels What Frans Timmermans said on Monday was not particularly friendly to his…
MEPs want to overturn new EU climate label
Brussels There is a heavy moral pressure on the members of the European Parliament. On Wednesday they have to decide whether investments in certain gas and nuclear power plants should…
MEPs want to topple taxonomy
Brussels There is a heavy moral pressure on the members of the European Parliament. On Wednesday they have to decide whether investments in certain gas and nuclear power plants should…
The next trade war with the US is already on the horizon
Europe column Every week, Moritz Koch, head of the Handelsblatt office in Brussels, analyzes trends and conflicts, regulatory projects and strategic concepts from the inner workings of the EU. Because…
Coalition agrees on massive expansion of green energies
green electricity Compared to the same period last year, the proportion of green electricity increased by six percent. (Photo: imago images/Shotshop) Berlin The factions of the traffic light coalition have…
Coalition agrees on massive expansion of green energies
green electricity Compared to the same period last year, the proportion of green electricity increased by six percent. (Photo: imago images/Shotshop) Berlin The coalition factions in the Bundestag have agreed…
Podcast Handelsblatt Green: Wind energy – That’s why the expansion is stuck
Dusseldorf Wind energy is set to become the most important energy source of the future. But the expansion of wind power in Germany has come to a standstill in recent…
Nuclear power: EU energy ministers want to reduce dependency
nuclear power plant Europe needs to address its future energy security. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Today, boosting our ambition to fight climate change must be part of Europe’s quest for strategic…
Climate-neutral fuels are as important as e-cars
At the same time, the EU Commission was commissioned to submit a proposal that also takes into account e-fuels – i.e. synthetic fuels produced with electricity – for new cars…
Nuclear power: EU energy ministers want to reduce dependency
nuclear power plant Europe needs to address its future energy security. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Today, boosting our ambition to fight climate change must be part of Europe’s quest for strategic…
Nuclear power: EU energy ministers want to reduce dependency
nuclear power plant Europe needs to address its future energy security. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Today, boosting our ambition to fight climate change must be part of Europe’s quest for strategic…
Can green hydrogen replace our natural gas?
Dusseldorf Sophie and Silke Backsen have changed German climate policy like hardly anyone. Sophie, 22, made sure in 2021 with her complaint before the Federal Constitutional Court that climate protection…
Robert Habeck & Christian Lindner: Why they often argue
Berlin Early May, a sunny day in front of Meseberg Castle, the guest house of the federal government. Olaf Scholz (SPD), Christian Lindner (FDP) and Robert Habeck (Greens) are looking…
Robert Habeck & Christian Lindner: Why they often argue
Berlin Early May, a sunny day in front of Meseberg Castle, the guest house of the federal government. Olaf Scholz (SPD), Christian Lindner (FDP) and Robert Habeck (Greens) are looking…