Tag: environmental Protection
Fridays for Future, last generation: Federal Ministry of the Interior warns of infiltration
Berlin The Federal Ministry of the Interior, headed by department head Nancy Faeser (SPD), warns of the climate protection movement being monopolized by left-wing extremists. “Actors from the left-wing extremist…
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…
Does Habeck do the Lindner now?
Economics and Climate Minister Robert Habeck The economics minister said on Thursday in the Bundestag that the negative trend in inflation was over. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Robert Habeck probably hangs…
Habeck announces another package to accelerate wind and solar expansion
Robert Habeck In his 20-minute government statement on the annual economic report, Habeck added that the figures in it were not good, but significantly better than expected a few months…
How FDP and Greens should be pacified
highway and wind farm The Greens want to expand rail transport, but not road traffic. (Photo: imago images/imagebroker) Berlin When the coalition committee meets on Thursday afternoon, Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
In Africa, it takes more than a kneel
Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) There is great potential for renewable energies in southern Africa. (Photo: dpa) Robert Habeck probably never dreamed how intensively he would deal with…
How the Greens want to polish their image in business
Berlin A group of medium-sized entrepreneurs wants to create a platform to expand the dialogue with the Greens and to make faster progress on the way to climate neutrality by…
Climate saver or environmental sin? This is how LNG affects the German CO2 balance
Dusseldorf Germany is increasingly covering its natural gas needs with liquefied natural gas. According to the market research company Icis, Germany imported around 485,000 gigawatt hours of natural gas from…
Wind power: offshore boom in the USA: huge opportunity for German companies
Offshore wind farm in the USA The USA had long slept on the subject of wind power on the high seas, while the Europeans were pushing ahead with wind farms…
Greens urge caution when it comes to storing CO2
Construction of the CCS infrastructure in Kollsnes, Norway Norway creates the possibility for foreign companies to store CO2. (Photo: Klaus Stratmann, Handelsblatt) Berlin The Greens have considerable reservations about the…
Germany’s energy transition continues to fall short of targets
Electricity pylon in the evening light The expansion of the power grid is lagging behind the targets. This puts a strain on the energy transition. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The progress…
Confederation creates space for more offshore wind power
Offshore wind turbines off Amrum With the new plan, a total of 36.5 gigawatts of wind power capacity can be created. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The federal government wants to promote…
Higher energy efficiency is the key
“Ten percent is always possible” – with this appeal, Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) urged Germans to save energy last spring. Apparently this request worked. According to initial estimates, energy…
When will gas and electricity finally be cheaper again?
live podcast Handelsblatt editor Michael Scheppe (left) in conversation with EWE boss Stefan Dohler. (Photo: Marc-Steffen Unger for Handelsblatt) The energy exchange prices are currently well below the highs of…
No climate neutrality without removing CO2 from the air
afforestation To meet the Paris climate targets, carbon dioxide must be removed from the air. However, conventional methods such as afforestation are not enough. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In addition to…
“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…
Mr. Habeck, how can we overcome the energy crisis?
Berlin Since 2022 at the latest, energy topics are no longer just a topic of conversation for experts, but for society as a whole. Politicians had to intervene in the…
Tunnel occupation in Lützerath ended – protests continue
The dismantling of the former settlement will be completed “in the coming days”. Elsewhere in the Rhenish lignite mining area, the protests against coal-fired power generation continued. On Monday morning,…
These are the strategies of the energy companies
Berlin The record prices for electricity and gas have given many energy companies billions in profits. In particular, companies like BP and Equinor, which do their business with fossil fuels…
Economics Minister Robert Habeck demands European industrial electricity price
Berlin “We need a European industrial electricity price,” said Economics and Climate Minister Robert Habeck on Monday at the Handelsblatt Energy Summit in Berlin. The energy price crisis cannot be…