Tag: environmental Protection
Heating Act: Business calls for clear decisions
Berlin In view of the ongoing tugging of the traffic light coalition over the Building Energy Act (GEG), displeasure is growing in the economy. “Politicians are facing difficult decisions, but…
Five reasons why the Greens are facing difficult times at traffic lights
The co-leaders of the Greens, Ricarda Lang and Omid Nouripour In the dispute over the EU asylum procedure, Lang and Nouripour did not agree. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Berlin After…
Traffic light ministers do not want to accept savings targets – now the chancellor intervenes
Berlin Olaf Scholz (SPD) personally intervenes in the budget dispute in order to push through the austerity package planned by Christian Lindner (FDP) in the coalition. The Chancellor and Finance…
Energy efficiency is increasing all over the world
Heat pump production at Bosch More than half of the investments last year were in the building sector. (Photo: Getty Images) Paris The International Energy Agency (IEA) sees heat pumps…
Chancellor and finance minister want to push through the austerity package together
Berlin Olaf Scholz (SPD) personally intervenes in the budget dispute in order to push through the austerity package planned by Christian Lindner (FDP) in the coalition. The Chancellor and Finance…
Energy efficiency is increasing all over the world
Heat pump production at Bosch More than half of the investments last year were in the building sector. (Photo: Getty Images) Paris The International Energy Agency (IEA) sees heat pumps…
Europe is a pioneer when it comes to energy efficiency
Heat pump production at Bosch More than half of the investments last year were in the building sector. (Photo: Getty Images) Paris The International Energy Agency (IEA) sees heat pumps…
Ex-Dena boss switches to Harald Christ
Christ and Kuhlman Kuhlmann should play a key role at Christ. (Photo: Christ&Company) Berlin Andreas Kuhlmann will take on a new role as of July 1: the long-standing head of…
Baerbock’s visit to Brazil puts Lula on the defensive when it comes to protecting the environment
Salvador Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock prefaced her first trip to Latin America with an emotional greeting: “Even a whole ocean cannot separate us, because Latin America and Europe are…
This is how the price of CO2 would affect private households
Cost factor oil heating It could be expensive, especially for families who rely on fossil fuel heating. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Berlin If the liberals have their way, the planned Building…
This is how the price of CO2 would affect private households
Cost factor oil heating It could be expensive, especially for families who rely on fossil fuel heating. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Berlin If the liberals have their way, the planned Building…
How Germany is making efforts internationally for green hydrogen
Project “Haru Oni” in Chile Siemens Energy and the automaker Porsche opened a factory for CO2-neutral fuel (e-fuel) near the city of Punta Arenas on Tuesday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Porsche’s…
Unicorns in green: Sustainable start-ups in Germany
Traceless Materials packaging The rotting outer packaging can end up in the compost. (Photo: Traceless Materials) Dusseldorf Green is trendy, including among German start-ups. According to the Green Start-up Monitor…
Unicorns in green: Sustainable start-ups in Germany
Traceless Materials packaging The rotting outer packaging can end up in the compost. (Photo: Traceless Materials) Dusseldorf Green is trendy, including among German start-ups. According to the Green Start-up Monitor…
Viktoria Schütz’s difficult journey into her parents’ company
Victoria Schuetz The 38-year-old studied global management and marketing and lives in Berlin and in the Rhön. Dusseldorf Deguma-Schütz is a machine builder in the 5,000-inhabitant village of Geisa in…
“Germany is the brake on ecology”
Mainz Reinhard Schneider lives up to his reputation. The owner of the frog cleaning agent manufacturer Werner & Mertz is known for vociferously criticizing his own industry. “Companies try to…
Review: The sky, fiery red – The earth on the brink of catastrophe
Munich Jimmy Carter, 98, is perhaps the most underrated US President of the past 100 years. In 1977, in his second year in office, the head of state promised to…
That answers Habeck to the FDP questions
Berlin This time the questions really got through to Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens). In mid-May it was different. The story about an alleged list of questions by the…
The FDP asked these questions about the heating law – and Habeck answered them like this
Berlin This time the questions really got through to Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens). In mid-May it was different. The story about an alleged list of questions by the…
Trade warns of industrial electricity price: “Special tariff leads to distortion of competition”
Berlin DGB boss Yasmin Fahimi encounters divided opinions with her proposal to cap the electricity price for industry at four cents per kilowatt hour for a limited period of time.…