Tag: Federal Environment Agency
“It’s not tax increases we’re talking about here”
>>iOS Is the Minister of Finance too lax about our tax money?The government has undertaken ambitious climate and environmental protection. How can you still have tax privileges on diesel, kerosene…
How the traffic light could save around 79 billion euros
Christian Lindner The Finance Minister wants to review subsidy payments. (Photo: IMAGO/Schreyer) Berlin For Christian Lindner (FDP) it is a seemingly harmless answer. During the recent government survey in the…
New oil and gas heating systems are to be banned from 2024
Robert Habeck The Economics Minister wants to ban the installation of new oil and gas heating systems. (Photo: IMAGO/Metodi Popov) Berlin, Dusseldorf Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and Federal…
New pure oil and gas heating systems are to be banned from 2024
Maintenance of a gas boiler Almost half of the approximately 41 million households in Germany heat with natural gas, followed by heating oil with almost 25 percent and district heating…
Economics Minister Habeck wants to ban oil and gas heating from 2024
oil heating Almost half of the approximately 41 million households in Germany heat with natural gas, followed by heating oil with almost 25 percent and district heating with a good…
The Federal Environment Agency counters the FDP’s speed limit report
Speed limit 120 The study by the Federal Environment Agency comes to significantly higher CO2 savings through a speed limit than the FDP report. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The President of…
Conversion instead of new construction: Federal Environment Agency calls for a change in construction
Sustainable Building The Federal Environment Agency calls for “clear priority” for the preservation of buildings. (Photo: imago images/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin When the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) announces the level of…
“The preservation of the stock must be given clear priority”
roofer The authority demands a “clear priority” for the preservation of buildings. (Photo: imago images/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin When the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) announces the level of greenhouse gas emissions…
Start-up Mirai Foods breeds fillet of beef in a bioreactor
Beef from the bioreactor Mirai Foods grew an arm-thick center piece of tenderloin in 25 days. So far, competitors have only been able to get thin steaks out of the…
Why Germany’s autobahns are a special case
Dusseldorf Racing driver Sebastian Vettel wants it, the Tote-Hosen singer Campino wants it, and the police union in North Rhine-Westphalia wants it too – we’re talking about the speed limit…
FDP commissions reports on the effects
speed limit Since the beginning of the coalition, the FDP and the Greens have been arguing about the right way to go in transport policy. (Photo: imago images/Christian Ohde) Berlin…
Why money laundering with emission certificates is lucrative
Niederaussem power plant in North Rhine-Westphalia Some market participants do opaque deals with pollution certificates. (Photo: imago/blickwinkel) Munich People with questionable offers like to get in touch with Michael Kroehnert.…
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…
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…
Energy technology: Geothermal energy – How does more geothermal energy get into the heating system?
geothermal Near-surface geothermal energy already supplies more than 400,000 buildings in Germany, but it is reaching its limits precisely where the heat requirement is greatest: in densely built-up cities. (Photo:…
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…
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…
After ban on firecrackers – fireworks manufacturer is looking for an investor
Dusseldorf After two years of corona silence on New Year’s Eve, the Germans can let it rip again this year. For Thomas Schreiber, head of Europe’s largest fireworks manufacturer Weco,…
Industry & climate protectors promote a quick start together
CO2 emissions The authors of the position paper consider the development of a CO2 transport and storage infrastructure in Germany and Europe to be crucial. (Photo: IMAGO/Wienold) Berlin The cement…