Tag: environmental Protection
Habeck and Lindner wrestle with details
However, the annual economic report is a work of the entire federal government. The Ministry of Finance in particular traditionally has a say. There was a lot to talk about…
Podcast Handelsblatt Green: How green is nuclear power?
Dusseldorf Nuclear power – yes, please! This is how the EU Commission could paraphrase the original slogan of the opponents of nuclear power. EU politicians plan to classify energy from…
Countries are pushing for earlier abolition of the EEG surcharge
“The EEG surcharge remains a central point,” said the SPD politician to the Handelsblatt. It must be reduced to zero, which will reduce the price of electricity by around four…
Federal government stops subsidies for energy-efficient buildings
Renovation of an old building The Green Economics Ministry accuses the old federal government of massive mismanagement. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal government has temporarily stopped subsidies for energy-efficient buildings.…
Federal government stops subsidies for energy-efficient buildings
Single-family house shell The background to the freeze is an enormous flood of applications in January, especially for new construction subsidies. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In view of the flood of…
Annalena Baerbock is on the right track
Annalena Bärbock The foreign minister has announced an office for “hydrogen diplomacy” in the Ukrainian capital. (Photo: Reuters) Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock tried last week to send German support to…
Controversy over taxonomy becomes a reality check for the Greens
Vattenfall gas power plant in Berlin-Lichterfelde The federal government sees the use of gas power plants as a transitional technology. (Photo: Paul Langrock/laif) Steffi Lemke and Robert Habeck quietly and…
Federal government accepts natural gas for the transition – energy industry is relieved
Minister Habeck, Wissing, Baerbock with Chancellor Scholz Berlin The German government is clearly opposed to the EU Commission classifying nuclear power as a sustainable energy source. At the same time,…
The federal government gives a clear no to nuclear power in the EU – gas as a bridging technology
Minister Habeck, Wissing, Baerbock with Chancellor Scholz Berlin The Federal Government is clearly opposed to the EU Commission classifying nuclear power as a sustainable energy source, but supports a corresponding…
The federal government gives a clear no to nuclear power in the EU – gas as a bridging technology
Berlin The Federal Government is clearly opposed to the EU Commission classifying nuclear power as a sustainable energy source, but supports a corresponding classification of gas as a bridge solution.…
Unlike Baerbock, Scholz and Habeck see an additional role for gas
Minister Habeck, Wissing, Baerbock with Chancellor Scholz Berlin Apparently there are different estimates in the federal government as to how large Germany’s gas requirements will be in the coming years.…
Robert Habeck and Volker Wissing on the green transformation of the economy
Dusseldorf There is a real chaos on the electricity market at the moment. Since some energy discounters stop their deliveries, numerous customers slip into the basic supply and have to…
There is a risk of green inflation
A functioning system of flexible prices is at the heart of a market economy. Adam Smith, the founder of economics, already knew this in the 18th century. As if controlled…
This is how e-cars should relieve the grids
Berlin Anyone who buys an electric car today usually wants to support the switch to renewable energies. After all, only potentially green electricity ends up in the battery instead of…
Flixmobility and Stadler: The rail market is booming
Berlin The railway market is booming. Not only the news that Flixmobility wants to invest around one billion euros in new trains caused a stir in the industry this week.…
Habeck demands from Söder proposals for exceptions for wind power
Markus Soeder and Robert Habeck The Green politician calls on the CSU leader to be ecologically patriotic about wind energy. (Photo: Reuters) Munich In the dispute over the expansion of…
Economy puts traffic lights under pressure to act
Russwurm considers precisely these plans to be too unambitious. “Halving the length of procedures is not enough if the government is to achieve its goals, meet schedules and secure necessary…
Climate-friendly buildings: Why the heat transition is difficult
Berlin The transition to climate-friendly living is one of the major challenges for German politics. After all, real estate accounts for around a third of energy consumption in this country.…
The pursuit of energy independence is an illusion
energy National solutions to a global problem? (Photo: dpa) For years, experts have been calling for fossil fuels to become more expensive, the coal phase-out to be brought forward and…
Macron wants a new security and stability order for Europe
Brussels, Berlin The speech before the European Parliament is a must for Emmanuel Macron. France has held the EU Council Presidency since the beginning of the year, and in this…