Tag: Federal Environment Agency
The key to the energy transition
Germany will only achieve its climate protection goals without the risk of de-industrialization if it strategically plans the need for green hydrogen – also in the course of the accelerated…
Mission impossible for Volker Wissing
Berlin If Volker Wissing wants to know how high the mountain of work is that he is facing, then a look at the climate balance sheet of the old federal…
The halt to KfW construction funding sends the wrong signals
A family home under construction Numerous builders – whether private or institutional – included promotional funds from KfW in their cost calculations. It is unclear whether they will also receive…
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…
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.…
Stiebel Eltron is aiming for a billion in sales
Munich The building sector plays a central role in the fight against climate change. According to the Federal Environment Agency in Germany, houses account for around 30 percent of CO2…
Habeck wants to triple the pace of climate protection
Robert Habeck The Minister of Economic Affairs does not want to lose any time: “We are starting with a considerable backlog”. (Photo: Henning Schacht) Berlin Federal Economics and Climate Protection…
Habeck wants to triple the pace of climate protection
Berlin Federal Economics and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) wants to pave the way for climate neutrality in the country with a comprehensive legislative initiative. The first legislative package…
How Norway can help German industry with climate protection
Berlin Per Brevik was not enthusiastic about the project from the start, on which he has now been working for a decade and a half: “In 2005 I thought it…
When the very existence of entire industries is jeopardized
Iron foundry Wherever products are manufactured using the energy-intensive use of high temperatures, companies are under pressure. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The yeast industry in Germany is not a dazzling high-tech…
How we save the climate and freedoms
Dusseldorf The pandemic taught mankind a lot. For example, how precious freedoms are. Meeting friends, going shopping or being able to travel – all of this was taken for granted…
Why it is so difficult to get plastic out of packaging
Dusseldorf At first glance, the cardboard displays on which Procter & Gamble will be presenting Gillette razors at Lidl and Kaufland from this week look inconspicuous. But a year of…
In this way, you can earn money with your e-car on the side
Dusseldorf Anyone who buys an electric car not only benefits from a purchase bonus: From January 2022, one can even earn money with electric cars every year. Because private individuals…
Start-ups will soon be offering e-car owners CO2 reduction bonuses
Dusseldorf E-car owners will be able to earn money on the side from next year: From 2022 they can secure an annual bonus – currently of around 250 euros per…
Traffic light parties want to use two percent of the land area for wind power
Wind turbines in the southern Black Forest The expansion of onshore wind power is to be accelerated. Generous land designations could help. But the resistance to wind turbines is considerable…
Climate conference 2021: Head of delegation Flasbarth optimistic
Jochen Flasbarth The State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment is something of a veteran at climate conferences. (Photo: dpa) Berlin No matter how difficult and tiring international climate…
Climate policy: Energy prices: AdBlue manufacturers and transporters are sounding the alarm
The exhaust gas cleaning agent AdBlue is running out. Manufacturers, transporters and farmers are warning of a supply collapse and alerting politicians. The Ministry of Economic Affairs waves it away.…
UBA insists on the dismantling of environmentally harmful subsidies
Berlin The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) insists on the dismantling of environmentally harmful subsidies. “It is paradoxical when the state supports climate protection with many billions and at the same…
Stock Exchange on October 28th: Six Points That Are Important For Investors Today
The psychologically important 16,000 point mark is in sight – even if investors have recently held back. The focus is on the council meeting of the ECB. .source site
How companies develop strategies for climate protection
Welzow-Süd open-cast lignite mine Stopping coal mining is not enough: companies must reduce emissions in all value chains (Photo: dpa) Berlin A few days before the start of the World…