Germany to Surpass 50 Percent Renewable Power This Year, Official Says
Yale E360
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Germany is on track to generate more than half of its electricity from renewables this year, an official said Monday. Read more on E360 →
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Germany is the Latest Country to Join the Hydrogen Pipeline Project
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 23, 2023
H2Med is a pipeline under the Mediterranean Sea connecting Portugal and Spain with France and now, Germany to supply about 10% of the European Union's hydrogen demand by 2030. The post Germany is the Latest Country to Join the Hydrogen Pipeline Project appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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Greenpeace Criticizes Germany and EU’s Agreement on Combustion Engines
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 26, 2023
The post Greenpeace Criticizes Germany and EU’s Agreement on Combustion Engines appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. EU diplomats are voting Monday to formally approve a law aimed at phasing out fossil fuels by 2035. Energy managers are expected to sign off on the law during Tuesday's meeting in Brussels.
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Germany Slashes Summer Train Fares More Than 90 Percent to Curb Driving, Save Fuel
Yale E360
MAY 31, 2022
Germany's parliament has set summer train fares at 9 euros per month in a bid to slash pollution and curb imports of Russian oil by spurring drivers to take public transit. Read more on E360 ?.
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Germany Shuts Down Its Last Remaining Nuclear Plants
Yale E360
APRIL 17, 2023
Germany shut down its three remaining nuclear power plants Saturday night, shedding a source of low-carbon power that critics say is needed to meet the country's climate goals. Read more on E360 →
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Germany's Wild Boars Made Radioactive by Cold War Nuclear Weapons Tests, Study Finds
Yale E360
AUGUST 30, 2023
That waste can still be found in trace amounts in the sea, the soil, and — according to a new study — the flesh of wild boars roaming the forests of southern Germany. Cold War nuclear weapons tests scattered radioactive waste across the globe. Read more on E360 →
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Green Transport: Private E-Car Infrastructure Subsidy in Germany
Energy and Climate Law
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Germany wants to push ahead with new infrastructure measures for e-mobility - but not everybody likes that. This blogpost introduces the latest measures to boost the e-infrastructure and further the energy transition in Germany`s all-important transport sector. This is about half of the money required for purchase and installation.
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UK, Germany, France on Pace for Their Hottest Year on Record
Yale E360
DECEMBER 2, 2022
Following a summer marked by devastating heat waves, the UK, Germany, and France are on track for their hottest year on record, weather officials say. Read more on E360 ?.
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Adieu `Mutti´: Germany`s next government? - An Energy and Climate Analysis
Energy and Climate Law
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
On 26 September 2021 general elections in Germany concluded with a tricky result. This blog entry analysis party positions on energy and climate of the 4 most likely German parties in Germany, tipped to play a role in coalition negotiations, namely CDU/CSU, SPD, Grüne and FDP. Negotations to form a coalition government are complicated.
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PFAS in Soil and Groundwater: Comprehensive Challenges and Progress in Regulation and Management in Germany
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 22, 2024
PFAS in Soil and Groundwater: Comprehensive Challenges and Progress in Regulation and Management in Germany. Because of … Continue reading PFAS in Soil and Groundwater: Comprehensive Challenges and Progress in Regulation and Management in Germany Biegel-Engler, A., Frauenstein, J. In: Ginzky, H., Springer, Cham.
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Germany´s National Hydrogen Strategy Released
Energy and Climate Law
JUNE 11, 2020
The blog entry also discusses particular legal amendments to the energy market design in Germany. The aim of the national hydrogen strategy is to boost hydrogen in Germany further and ultimately create a hydrogen economy, with Germany as `hydrogen world leader´. In particular Morocco shall be used as Germany´s hydrogen factory.
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Germany Offering $53 Billion Toward Decarbonizing Industry
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 7, 2023
The program, reportedly sourced from the country's climate and transformations fund, is meant to boost a European economy that has been facing an ongoing energy crisis.
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Germany to target geothermal energy
A Greener Life
AUGUST 24, 2023
Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz. By Anders Lorenzen As Germany is struggling to reduce its emissions following its phaseout of nuclear power , the government are targeting another low-carbon energy source; geothermal energy. Photo credit: Reuters / Annegret Hilse.
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Coal Phase-Out in Germany: Legal Discussion about Compensation
Energy and Climate Law
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Germany is in the midst of fundamentally restructuring its energy sector. Both processes are laborious, but while discussions and expropriation claims surrounding the nuclear phase-out have been largely settled, similar discussions about financial compensation for owners and operators of coal fired power plants in Germany gather pace.
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Germany Looks to Rapidly Build LNG Import Terminals to Shift Away from Russian Gas
Yale E360
MAY 2, 2022
With the war in Ukraine raging on, German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck is calling for a rapid buildout of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals to help the country source more gas from overseas suppliers and wean off Russian imports, which currently account for around a third of Germany's natural gas. Read more on E360 ?.
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Analysis: Can Germany wean itself off Russian oil and gas??
A Greener Life
APRIL 7, 2022
If Germany is to stop buying gas from Russia in the long term, it will need alternatives. Germany is not doing all it can to cut back energy use and increase economic pressure on Russia, argues Arne Jungjohann. Do the war and its consequences threaten the coalition’s ambitious plans for Germany to become climate-neutral by 2045?
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Germany: Collective bargaining compromise reached at Helios clinics
Corp Watch
JANUARY 16, 2024
Germany: Collective bargaining compromise reached at Helios clinics Ver.di There have been yearly warning strikes at Fresenius subsidiary Helios' hospitals in Germany called by the unions Ver.di and Marburger Bund as part of the tariff negotiations.) Fresenius directly employs around 280,000 workers in 100 countries.
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Germany pulls the plug on major Russian gas pipeline, but not Russian gas
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
In the wake of Russia invading Ukraine , Germany has finally given in to international pressure and has, for now, cancelled their involvement in Nord Stream 2, a major gas pipeline that would supply Russian gas to Germany. Campaigners have long called for Germany to cancel the project, citing climate grounds. By Anders Lorenzen.
Germany: Workers at VW subsidiary Cariad protest against job cuts
Corp Watch
JANUARY 4, 2024
Germany: Workers at VW subsidiary Cariad protest against job cuts IG Metall PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:40 Friday, November 10, 2023 Read more Over 200 employees of VW's CARIAD software division protested last Tuesday against threatened job cuts. And, what other unions can learn from how badly that fight went for labor.
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Analysis: Germany completes nuclear phaseout with big climate costs
A Greener Life
APRIL 25, 2023
A pro-nuclear demonstration in Berlin, Germany. By Anders Lorenzen It has been on the cards for a long time and earlier this month it became official – Germany ’s nuclear phase-out is complete. Photo credit: Reuters / Nadja Wohlleben.
Independence of German National Regulatory Authority (NRA) called into Question - Case Comment C-718/18 Commission v Germany
Energy and Climate Law
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
The Court of Justice of the European Union found on 2 September 2021 in case C-718/18 that Germany failed to properly transpose various provisions of the main EU Energy Directives of the Third Energy Package, namely 2009/72 (electricity) and 2009/73 (gas). But what does this mean in detail?
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Evidence grows for tetraneutrons as hypothetical clusters are glimpsed in Germany
Physics World
DECEMBER 14, 2021
The tetraneutron, a hypothetical cluster of four bound neutrons, has been glimpsed by physicists in Germany. The post Evidence grows for tetraneutrons as hypothetical clusters are glimpsed in Germany appeared first on Physics World. The team is now hoping that their measurements and analysis can be confirmed by independent groups.
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Opinion: So, Germany, you want to do more to tackle climate change?
A Greener Life
JULY 30, 2021
Germany has recently experienced fatal and apocalyptic climate- fuelled floods , after which the country’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, promised the government would do more to tackle climate change. But the reality is that Germany is far from the top of the leaderboard when it comes to climate action in Europe, let alone in the world.
Stadler electric trains are on their way to Germany
Inhabitant
JANUARY 3, 2022
Germany will use 44 more battery-electric trains after purchase from train manufacturer Stadler. The order came from three regional German railway operators and will be coordinated by DB Regio, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, operator of commuter and regional trains in Germany.
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How will Germany navigate its gas shortage nightmare this winter?
New Scientist
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Germany normally relies heavily on Russian gas for domestic heating, but with supplies cut off and energy usage already above average for the time of year, the government may be forced to introduce rationing
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Tesla in Germany: Locals vote against factory expansion plan
Corp Watch
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Tesla in Germany: Locals vote against factory expansion plan DW PaulaR Fri, 02/23/2024 - 15:39 Tuesday, February 20, 2024 Read more Residents of Grünheide near Berlin have voted against expansion plans for the large Tesla facility there. But the vote is not binding and local authorities can still decide.
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Climate warnings: over 200 people die as Germany suffers Europe’s most deadly extreme weather event
A Greener Life
JULY 19, 2021
Flooding in Kordel, Germany. Germany and Belgium were last week hit by a devastating extreme weather event killing over 200 people when three month’s worth of rainfall fell in just 24 hours. Even before this event, Germany had faced criticism over its climate and energy policy. via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen.
Germany halts Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia – what's next?
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
After Russia’s recognition of separatist regions in Ukraine, Germany paused the certification of a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea. What does that mean for gas prices and climate targets?
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The Stream, August 25, 2021: Deadly Floods In Belgium and Germany Last Month Could Become More Common
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 25, 2021
New research finds that deadly floods in Germany and Belgium last month are rare but will become more likely in the future. New research from the World Weather Attribution found that although rare, deadly floods like one that killed more than 200 people in Germany and Belgium last month are 1.2 YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. 9 TIMES MORE LIKELY.
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Germany: Hospital group vs trade unionist: Fired because she went home 28 minutes too early
Corp Watch
JANUARY 16, 2024
Germany: Hospital group vs trade unionist: Fired because she went home 28 minutes too early TAZ PaulaR Tue, 01/16/2024 - 14:45 Thursday, July 13, 2023 Read more Emily Kietsch Helios terminated an anesthetist without notice because she allegedly went home too early. The Marburger Bund suspects another reason.
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Germany: Environmentalists criticize Vattenfall's district heating strategy
Corp Watch
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Germany: Environmentalists criticize Vattenfall's district heating strategy Morgenpost PaulaR Thu, 11/09/2023 - 15:07 Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Read more Joachim Fahrun Umweltschützer des BUND sehen Vattenfalls Pläne zum Umbau der Berliner Fernwärme sehr kritisch. Das Land sollte das System übernehmen.
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How an American Psychiatrist Inspired a Street Name in Germany--and Why That's So Unusual
Scientific American
JUNE 1, 2023
Nyswanderweg, a pinky-sized residential street in Hamburg, Germany, is easy to miss. Yet it’s a rare and significant monument to Marie Nyswander.
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DMAA designs Residential Greenhouse in Germany
Inhabitant
JUNE 18, 2021
A new urban district is rising from the dust of the former Kellogg's site on the Überseeinsel in Bremen, Germany.
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UK and Germany could lower fuel and food prices by cutting biofuels
New Scientist
JUNE 28, 2022
The G7 group of nations reportedly rejected a proposal from the UK and Germany to lower biofuel production, but the two European nations could still go it alone
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EU, Germany and Denmark sued by oil firm over windfall tax
Corp Watch
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
EU, Germany and Denmark sued by oil firm over windfall tax The Guardian PaulaR Mon, 11/27/2023 - 13:39 Monday, November 20, 2023 Read more Arthur Neslen A Jersey-based oil-refining company is suing the EU, Germany and Denmark for at least €95m over a windfall tax introduced during the Ukraine war that it sees as a “pretext” for undermining fossil (..)
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Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
At the global level, however, Germany has its own claim to a leadership role, particularly in its early support for renewable energy. Germany adopts feed-in tariff, setting a fixed price that utilities must pay for renewables, though rate turned out to be too low to make renewables competitive. trillion tons.]
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Germany Sees Solar Power Soar as It Works to Wean Off Russian Gas
Yale E360
AUGUST 19, 2022
German solar power is hitting new records this summer, and is set for further growth as the government enacts new policies to spur the expansion of renewable energy. Read more on E360 ?.
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Inhabitant
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
According to a new report by animal campaigners, 20 livestock companies contribute more emissions than Britain, France or Germany. What produces 14.5% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide? The animal agriculture sector. And governments subsidize them to do so.
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After deadly floods, can Germany adapt to its climate future?
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change prepares to release a major report on adapting to climate change, Adam Vaughan visits the site of 2021's deadly floods in Ahr, Germany, to discover how locals are rebuilding
Germany: Scandal at Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA: The company is refusing to sign a collective agreement, but gets millions in state subsidies
Corp Watch
JANUARY 4, 2024
Germany: Climate protest at VW: activists try to stop production RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland | August 14, 2023 On Monday, climate activists gained access to the VW plant in Wolfsburg as part of a group of visitors. And, what other unions can learn from how badly that fight went for labor.
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Tesla workers in Germany join union as health and safety issues grow - union
Corp Watch
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Tesla workers in Germany join union as health and safety issues grow - union Reuters PaulaR Fri, 10/13/2023 - 14:48 Monday, October 9, 2023 Read more Victoria Waldersee GRUENHEIDE, Germany, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O) workers at the carmaker's Brandenburg plant are joining the IG Metall union in rising numbers over concerns around health, safety (..)
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Hydrogen as a panacea for decarbonising everything? Exploring contested hydrogen pathways in Germany
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Exploring contested hydrogen pathways in Germany.” Exploring contested hydrogen pathways in Germany Florian Kern et al (2023). “Hydrogen as a panacea for decarbonising everything? ” Environmental Research Letters, 18 114017.
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Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 10, 2021
Germany’s most devastating floods in 60 years have created mountains of trash, from broken fridges to wrecked cars, piled up on roadsides and in makeshift dumps. Read the full story from Reuters. Disposing of it could take weeks and local leaders have appealed for help. Read more →
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Climate change in the forests of northern Germany
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 4, 2023
European beech is Germany’s most important native forest tree species and it is most commonly found in … Continue reading Climate change in the forests of northern Germany. The growth of the European beech has so far suffered decline mainly in southern Europe.
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