Tag: Federal Environment Agency
These subsidies cost the state billions
Company car Big engine, expensive design – that’s the current picture of subsidized company vehicles. (Photo: dpa) Berlin For the Federal Court of Auditors, the matter is clear: According to…
Good business transporting e-car batteries
Dusseldorf A damaged EQC electric SUV arrives at a Mercedes branch in western Germany. Mechanics on site remove the drive battery, which is also suspected to be damaged. Once removed,…
Green boss wants reform of the company car privilege
Berlin Greens leader Omid Nouripour has brought a reduction in climate-damaging subsidies into play to finance additional relief for citizens. He also called for a successor to the 9-euro ticket.…
How Norway could absorb Europe’s CO2
Gas production platform “Sleipner” Research into CO2 separation began in 1996 250 kilometers off the Norwegian coast. The technology is now mature. (Photo: Reuters) Stockholm One thing Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
Start-up Elvah raises millions for e-flat rate
Dusseldorf The energy crisis is causing great concern for German consumers and companies with a view to the coming winter. The energy crisis has pushed up gas and electricity prices…
These are the strategies for the energy transition
Energy crisis in Germany Germany not only has to become independent of high-emission raw materials such as coal, but also of Russian natural gas. (Photo: Reuters, Thomas Berger (M)) Dusseldorf…
These are the strategies for the energy transition
Energy crisis in Germany Germany not only has to become independent of high-emission raw materials such as coal, but also of Russian natural gas. (Photo: Reuters, Thomas Berger (M)) Dusseldorf…
These technologies help against water scarcity
Insight Innovation Around 2.2 billion people worldwide do not have regular access to safe drinking water. New technologies can help alleviate the problem. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Dusseldorf When scientists talk…
Cities are to become cooler and heat-resistant in the future
Berlin Dark asphalt and lots of concrete, little green and little shade: Due to their nature, German cities can become real heat reservoirs – and for their residents resemble an…
Energy crisis: As with gas, so with electricity?
After gas, could electricity soon become scarce? Nobody can say for sure. An analysis of the electricity supply published just a few days ago by the Ministry of Economic Affairs…
Is the power supply secured in winter?
Hanover/Dusseldorf A blackout in the middle of winter would be one of the most potentially dangerous consequences to come indirectly from Russia’s war against Ukraine. So far, the power supply…
The SPD-Left calls for the FDP to end the blockade
speed limit If the speed on motorways were limited to a maximum of 100 kilometers per hour and to 80 km/h on out-of-town roads, around 2.1 billion liters of fossil…
Hardware and software as a threat
Dusseldorf It doesn’t matter how the gas and oil crisis goes: as long as the mainframes in Frankfurt are running, the residents of Westville will be cozy and warm. Because…
How to reduce your expenses in daily life
Woman drinks tap water The water from the tap is cheaper than the cheapest bottled water from the discounter. (Photo: imago images/Shotshop) Berlin Saving is the motto of the hour.…
How to reduce your expenses in daily life
Woman drinks tap water The water from the tap is cheaper than the cheapest bottled water from the discounter. (Photo: imago images/Shotshop) Berlin Saving is the motto of the hour.…
Can you dictate to citizens how they should heat?
Heating is being throttled, hot water is only available by the hour – in the past few days such reports have been running across the screens of many citizens. Do…
Expert warns against reform based on ecological criteria
Solar and wind power plants The Federal Environment Agency wants to achieve more climate protection through a reform of the VAT. (Photo: imago images/Jürgen Held) Berlin The chairman of the…
Relief package from the Federal Environment Agency: This is how the affected sectors are reacting
The authority’s president, Dirk Messner, justified the tax relief package with climate protection. What is environmentally friendly should become cheaper, what is environmentally harmful should no longer be subsidized by…
Relief package: Federal Environment Agency proposes tax breaks
Solar systems on house roofs The Federal Environment Agency advocates setting the VAT for solar systems to zero. This should create an incentive for the expansion of photovoltaics on roofs.…
Local transport: Federal Environment Agency for inexpensive public transport annual ticket
The authority considers the introduction of a permanently inexpensive annual ticket in local public transport (ÖPNV) based on the Austrian model to be possible. “The idea of having a flat…