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In the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, the new head of the German Federation of Trade Unions, Yasmin Fahimi, warns against dismantling industry in order to achieve climate goals. According to Fahimi, the green transformation of the economy must first and foremost create employment and not dismantle it as is now threatened. Fahimi speaks of economic suicide […]

With the curtailment of Russian gas supplies, the supply situation in the coming winter is becoming increasingly critical. Politicians’ calls to save energy are becoming more and more urgent. Now Economics Minister Robert Habeck even wants to force citizens and companies to save energy by law in an emergency. Habeck calls on citizens to save

According to climate researchers, fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) have a much greater impact on global warming than carbon dioxide. Partially fluorinated hydrocarbons (HFCs) account for around 90 % of F-gas emissions. Therefore, the European Commission has submitted a proposal to update the F-Gas Regulation. The aim is to further reduce emissions of these powerful greenhouse

In a committee meeting on 14 June 2022, parliamentarians in Brussels voted against the EU Commission’s proposal to include natural gas and nuclear power in the European taxonomy of climate-friendly energies in the future. At the beginning of July, this idea, which Ursula von der Leyen had introduced as EU Commission President, could finally topple.

With its sixth sanctions package, the EU has imposed a far-reaching oil embargo against Russia. For the time being, it affects imports delivered by tankers, while oil is still allowed to flow through pipelines. India now seems to benefit from the embargo against the sea route. In any case, the oil embargo has the loophole

Lignite is the only energy source worth mentioning that is available in large quantities for electricity production in Germany. With lignite, Germany’s electricity demand could be covered by at least one third, largely independently of foreign countries. However, with the phase-out of coal for the energy transition, the government has already taken many lignite-fired power

The mineral oil companies are at least not passing the tank rebate on to consumers in full. The fuel rebate is not working the way the government thought it would. That is why SPD leader Saskia Esken now wants to discuss driving bans and speed limits to punish the oil companies. Reduction of the energy

Russia has cut gas deliveries via the Nord-Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline by 40 percent. Gazprom justifies the step with repair and maintenance work for which important spare parts from the German Siemens Group are missing. This means that about 67 million cubic metres of natural gas are missing to fill the gas storage facilities

The fuel rebate was actually supposed to relieve citizens of the extremely increased fuel prices. But the rebate has not reached consumers. The oil companies simply do not pass it on at the pumps. This is primarily also due to the fact that this was not stipulated in the relevant law. With the fuel rebate,

As already described in the article “Energiewende in eine Sackgasse -Stromspeicher” (Energy transition into a dead end – electricity storage), our politicians are relying on hydrogen for the energy transition on a grand scale. They want to use hydrogen not only to produce electricity, but also to run blast furnaces in the steel industry and

Lawmakers in Japan call for faster restart of nuclear plants amid energy crisis. Japan’s government must do more to win public support for restarting nuclear power plants. The energy crisis is putting nuclear power in the spotlight, says the industry’s former top regulator. “The government must face the people and have a proper discussion.” Shunichi

The EU directive on CO₂ limits stipulates that no new cars and vans with combustion engines may be registered in the European Union from 2035. If this directive remains unchanged, this could have far-reaching consequences: A boomerang for climate protection may be looming. No compromises with the combustion engine In the second week of June

Japan is stepping up its appeal to citizens and businesses to save electricity. The country is facing an energy supply shortage and escalating fuel import costs this summer. In addition, the yen has fallen sharply. The government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida convened a national meeting to discuss the outlook for electricity supply. The government

The expansion of wind power is not progressing. Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Bündnis 90/Grüne) has now presented a plan to accelerate the expansion of wind power. Among other things, the distance rules to residential areas are to be abolished if necessary. Does Habeck now want wind turbines on every doorstep? Conservationists fear great legal

Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, warns: Europe could run out of fuel this summer with the start of the holiday season. The energy expert sees the current energy crisis as much greater than in the two oil crises of 1973 and 1979/80, which is why he is calling on European countries to