Success with climate targets: Germany's CO₂ emissions fall at record pace in 2023
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Quick Glance: Germany's CO₂ Emissions Hit Record Low in 2023
- Germany records the largest decrease in greenhouse gas emissions since 1990.
- The climate goal for 2030 seems achievable, with a 10% decrease in emissions last year.
- Not all sectors have met their targets, but overall, Germany is on track.
- The Federal Government is optimistic that the climate goals for 2030 can be met.
Balance sheet of the Federal Environment Agency: Germany achieves its climate goals - really?
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Bus and rail: 150,000 skilled workers shortage in public transport by 2030: According to a study, there is a large personnel gap in public transport ...
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Waste trade: That's why Germany imports tons of garbage: In 2023, Germany imported over 13 million tons of waste and scrap - Garbage worth almost 15 billion ...
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Conversion: How classic cars become e-cars: Based in Reinbek, entrepreneur Nils Iwahn helps his customers convert their vintage and classic cars into ...
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Five things that have no place in a garden: A sustainably managed garden protects the environment and resources and helps to preserve biodiversity.
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Germany 'on track' to meet 2030 climate targets: There's some good news in the fight against climate change: German leaders say the country can hit its ...
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You can borrow the bike kitchen in Flensburg for free: With the mobile bicycle kitchen you can cook a fresh and healthy meal outside. This should also contribute ...
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Clerk for web editing/content management: The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is one of the largest environmental authorities in Europe. Based on its research ...
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Robert Habeck: Habeck's whitewashed climate balance: The economics minister is full of self-praise when it comes to energy policy. On the other hand ...
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The transport sector emitted 146 million tonnes of CO₂ last year. According to the Federal Environment Agency, that is 13 million tons too many. Overall ...
Returns at Amazon: Why the online retailer is shortening the deadlines: At the online retailer Amazon, customers will soon only have 14 days to return their ...
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Experts warn against drawing false conclusions about the decline in emissions: In 2023, greenhouse gas emissions fell by 10% compared to the previous year ...
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Emollients in sunscreen? Suspicions are confirmed: The breakdown product of a dangerous plasticizer was discovered in the urine of daycare children.
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Plasticizers in urine: Traces of sunscreens are increasing: The trace of the plasticizer DnHexP leads to potentially contaminated sunscreens ...
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Why buy expensive mineral water when you can drink cheap and environmentally friendly tap water almost everywhere in Germany? 💧💚 Tip: Residents of old ... Show more
Brandenburg: Redmann calls for debate about banned CCS technology: Following an initiative by the federal government, Brandenburg's CDU chairman Jan Redmann is ...
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Energy: How many wind turbines are there in Germany?: There are more wind turbines on land and at sea in Germany than in almost any other country ...
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Data from the Federal Motor Transport Authority: The number of electric cars is increasing rapidly
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Energy transition: share of renewable energies increased to 22 percent in 2023: Oil, gas and coal were by far the most important energy sources in Germany last ...
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Interview on climate policy: “We are not making progress fast enough”: The fight against climate change has seen better times, says Dirk Messner ...
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Study on the time change: Does turning the hands really save electricity and energy?
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Energy Saving Day: Use less energy: The world needs to significantly reduce its energy requirements in order to achieve climate protection and the energy ...
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Climate protection group hunts down SUVs: Flat car tires nationwide: A climate protection group wants to rid the world of climate-damaging SUVs ...
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100 days before the European Championships in Germany: Be careful, construction site!
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Banned harmful substance found in sun creams - trail leads to BASF: An explosive discovery has been keeping the Federal Environment Agency busy for several weeks ...
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Air quality in MV is bad: What are the reasons and what the Federal Environment Agency advises
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Banned plasticizer DNHP: How dangerous is the substance?: A degradation product of a banned plasticizer has been regularly detected in urine samples since the ...
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Recycling: Why Switzerland sends tons of plastic waste to Germany: Compared to other European countries, Switzerland produces a lot of plastic waste and the ...
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Traffic: What traffic jams really cost us: Germans lost thousands and thousands of hours in 2023 due to traffic jams. But the consequences go beyond the mere ...
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Risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity: Dangerous substance found in the urine of many people
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Federal Environment Agency suspects: Does the pollutant discovered in children's urine come from sunscreen?
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Harmful chemicals: Federal Environment Agency confirms discovery of plasticizers in humans
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Banned plasticizer found in human urine Video: After a banned plasticizer was found in the urine of children in North Rhine-Westphalia ...
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Masses of plasticizers discovered in children's urine - Federal Environment Agency puzzled
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Plasticizers in urine: "It's a detective story": A dangerous plasticizer has turned up in urine samples. Now it's detective work for toxicologists ...
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There are initial indications of where a pollutant discovered in urine samples could come from. Federal Environment Agency data showed a connection with ... Show more
The climate crisis is here. Why do so many continue to ignore it?: The environmental problems the world faces are undeniable and a typical human response is to ...
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Consequences of the farmers' protests: Sweet poison subsidy: Farmers must open up to more environmental protection. Otherwise they will lose much more subsidies ...
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Quick Glance: Wissler condemns Lindner's speech as politically irresponsible and morally repugnant
- Christian Lindner faces harsh criticism for his speech to farmers.
- Wissler deems Lindner's vilification of the unemployed and refugees as unacceptable and calls for his resignation.
Plasticizers in sunscreens: What is known so far: A UV filter that may be contaminated with the plasticizer DnHexP could have caused the detected contamination ...
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Plasticizers in UV filters: First trace leads to BASF: Toxicologists have discovered the banned plasticizer DnHexP in sunscreens for the first time ...
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This is how Osnabrück residents can protect themselves from the hantavirus: Osnabrück is considered a risk area for infection with the hantavirus ...
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Very expensive environmental sin: Anyone who spreads salt now must expect a fine of up to 10,000 euros
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Citizens' Council for Nutrition: Nick would like the suggestions to be implemented quickly
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Environmental pollution with copper sulfate in Zerbster Nuthe: The search for the culprit continues
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Electric mobility guide: Why the GHG bonus for electric cars is likely to collapse in 2024
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How winter floods occur: According to a climate study, extreme precipitation is increasing exponentially worldwide. Current climate models underestimate this ...
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Combustion engines to finance e-car bonus: The Federal Environment Agency is proposing higher taxes for cars with high CO2 emissions. The revenue is to finance ...
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Agora study: Why the 2023 CO2 record low is deceptive: It sounds like good news: A study by the Agora Energiewende think tank estimates that CO2 emissions will ...
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Small, shared, recycled: Living 2.0: Every person needs living space. According to the Federal Environment Agency, living also accounts for around a fifth of our ...
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Where does the banned plasticizer come from?: A substance surprisingly appeared in numerous urine samples, presumably the breakdown product of a banned ...
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7 facts about the valuable resource water: Berlin/Dessau - Water is our most important elixir of life. We must protect this resource. Tips on how you can ...
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Expert: Phthalate in many urine samples perhaps from sunscreens: Dessau-Roßlau - According to information from the Federal Environment Agency (Uba) ...
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Plasticizers in children's urine: “Don't know where it comes from”: Consumers should be able to have defective products repaired more easily in the future ...
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SPD in the Oldenburg district: Restrict area sealing: In order to be prepared for environmental events, the SPD is calling on the district to limit surface ...
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Climate money: could it come as early as 2025?: The Ministry of Finance reports again - The climate money could be paid out as early as 2025 ...
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19.7 million tons: This is the annual packaging consumption in Germany, which was last determined by the Federal Environment Agency in 2021 ... Show more
Stove transition period - These changes will apply to wood stoves from 2025: From January 2025, stricter requirements will apply to certain wood products and ...
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Instead of road salt: Why cucumber water helps against black ice: Because road salt is harmful to the environment, several districts are using cucumber water as ...
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Online payment service: Paypal must simplify its terms of use: EU authorities consider parts of the US company's terms and conditions to be too complicated ...
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Biofuel industry criticized: Federal Environment Agency denies the state of science
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Ammonia engine is not the end of e-mobility: Cars: Why a fake quote from Toyota boss Koji Sato about the end of e-mobility because of a new ammonia engine is ...
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Biodiesel, animal welfare tax: How the federal government is letting farmers down
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Why is air quality so bad?: Pollutants in the air make you sick and can lead to death. Air quality deteriorates in many cities, especially in the winter months ...
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Robert Habeck: Habeck's whitewashed climate balance: The economics minister is full of self-praise when it comes to energy policy. On the other hand ...
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More than diesel prices: Six reasons why farmers are angry: The farmers' action week has begun, in many places in Germany they are demonstrating with their ...
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Quick Glance: Tractors Cause Chaos on A81 - Farmers' Protest
- Farmers protest against cut subsidies for agricultural diesel.
- Multiple tractors drive unannounced on A81 near Böblingen.
- Police report unregistered protest action by farmers.
- Tractors block entrances and exits at Wuppertal-Nord interchange.
CO₂ price: Federal government makes 18 billion euros with climate tax - Authority demands distribution to citizens
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E-car bonus: Federal Environment Agency proposes higher taxation of combustion cars
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Fuel for the New Year: Deutsche Umwelthilfe calls for an immediate ban on fireworks on New Year's Eve
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Combating climate change: Is nuclear power the solution to the problem?: Nuclear power is to be expanded in some countries. The CDU also wants to commit to ...
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Smoke detector: A lot of smoke about nothing: Smoke detectors will soon be mandatory everywhere in German apartments. The benefit is extremely questionable.
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Thick air and mountains of garbage: this is how much dirt firecrackers and rockets leave behind
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Savings plans of the traffic light coalition: farmers' protests to continue: The federal government's austerity plans have been causing protests among farmers ...
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Incendiary letter to Scholz: CSU parliamentary group leader Holetschek calls on the traffic light to maintain agricultural subsidies
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Climate change: Federal Environment Agency warns: climate protection could overburden citizens
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Climate: Study: Germany's CO2 emissions at their lowest level in 70 years: However, the trend could change again due to the economic situation. Meanwhile ...
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Germany will be less harmful to the climate in 2023: initially good thanks to the economic downturn
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Floods, storm surges and the like: When are the terms used?: Areas across Germany are flooded. Rainfall has led to high water levels in many places ...
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