Tag: pollution-climate
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…
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…
The Last Generation and the State: Is Escalation Looming?
Berlin “Vvollig bekloppt” means “completely idiotic” in English, “totalement idiot” in French, “tutto insensato” in Italian, “completamente locas” in Spanish and “helemaal tikt” in Dutch. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s term for…
How high investments in energy efficiency saved the Westerkamp wood mill
Berlin “If we had worked with gas in the energy crisis year 2022, our company would probably not have survived economically,” says Ute Goossens. Goossens is the energy and environmental…
CO2 price or heating law? These solutions are possible
Berlin The dispute over the draft of the Building Energy Act (GEG) takes a surprising turn: while the traffic light coalition partners are bickering about the design of the heating…
Controversy over the role of nuclear power
Brussels, Paris Actually, the EU states and the European Parliament had already agreed on the new guideline for the expansion of renewable energies at the end of March. The adoption…
Controversy over the role of nuclear power
Brussels, Paris Actually, the EU states and the European Parliament had already agreed on the new guideline for the expansion of renewable energies at the end of March. The adoption…
“Destinations could shift to Scandinavia”
Munich Farmers wading through their fields, the crops destroyed. The severe storms in Italy over the past few days have severely affected the popular holiday region of Emilia-Romagna. 14 people…
How investors can benefit from the rising carbon price
emission of carbon dioxide Whoever emits the greenhouse gas has to pay for it, after all, the general public is harmed. (Photo: IMAGO/imagebroker) Cologne Economists are largely in agreement: in…
Is it still worth installing a gas heating system before 2024?
gas meter Gas heating or heat pump? What causes higher costs? (Photo: IMAGO/Wolfgang Maria Weber) Dusseldorf A draft law by the federal government is causing a lot of concern among…
Is it still worth quickly installing a gas heating system before 2024?
gas meter Gas heating or heat pump? What causes higher costs? (Photo: IMAGO/Wolfgang Maria Weber) Dusseldorf A draft law by the federal government is causing a lot of concern among…
Thyssen-Krupp Nucera supplies electrolysers to Sweden
Thyssen Krupp Nucera H2 Green Steel is the first company to have secured production capacity at the Ruhr Group’s hydrogen subsidiary. (Photo: Thyssen-Krupp Nucera) Dusseldorf Thyssen-Krupp’s hydrogen subsidiary Nucera is…
Scholz does not expect major changes to the heating law
Olaf Scholz According to the draft law already passed by the Federal Cabinet, from 2024 every newly installed heating system should be operated with at least 65 percent green energy.…
Is your home fit for the energy transition?
The federal government wants Germany to be climate-neutral by 2045. In order for this ambitious goal to be achieved, property owners should also help to save energy. After all, according…
Wissing shies away from fact checking when it comes to climate protection
Volker Wissing (FDP) The transport minister recently announced that the climate targets in the transport sector would be easy to meet. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin Just a few days ago,…
Are electricity, steel or hydrogen really green? Blockchain should show it
Green hydrogen gas station In the future, companies will have to prove more clearly how their raw materials and products were produced. (Photo: Bloomberg) Munich, Salzgitter Whether CO2 balance, green…
Can private investors earn money with CO2 certificates?
Dusseldorf If industrial companies in Europe emit CO2, then they have to buy pollution rights for it – through CO2 certificates. These are issued via the European Emission Trading System…
Yield and climate protection? Dubious promises from a fintech
CO2 emissions If companies emit CO2 emissions, they need emission rights to do so. (Photo: IMAGO/Rupert Oberhäuser) Dusseldorf Achieve returns and protect the climate: This is what the British fintech…
“I don’t see how that can work” – Minister of Construction Geywitz against stricter energy standards
Klara Geywitz (SPD) The Minister of Construction advocates carefully considering how a building can become more environmentally friendly. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Building Minister Klara Geywitz (SPD) has expressed skepticism about…