"In the negotiations in the Council and in Parliament, there is therefore a further need for discussion and adjustments." The president of the industry association VDA, Hildegard Müller, criticized that the German-French agreement still falls short of the necessary adjustments in relevant aspects. #E20 #VerbrennerAus #Klimaschutz (translated)
"The end of combustion engines will then be history." Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) summarized the agreement with Paris as follows: "The end of combustion engines will then be history." #E20 #VerbrennerAus #Klimaschutz (translated)
"Currently, I am working with my French counterpart to increase the blending of biofuels." Bilger called the prohibition of combustion engines in its current form a mistake. #E20 #VerbrennerAus #Klimaschutz (translated)
Transportation Minister Steffen Bilger plans to soon introduce E20 fuel at gas stations to increase the blending of biofuels and to loosen the strict ban on combustion engines. #E20 #VerbrennerAus #Klimaschutz (translated)
According to Lecornu, more than 900 police officers were injured. #ProtesteFrankreich #Klimaschutz #Schülerdemonstrationen (translated)
France's President Emmanuel Macron called for calm on Friday. #ProtesteFrankreich #Klimaschutz #Schülerdemonstrationen (translated)
In France, nationwide protests against high living costs and dilapidated schools have begun, accompanied by the use of tear gas and arrests, while authorities fear riots. #ProtesteFrankreich #Klimaschutz #Schülerdemonstrationen (translated)
The clean-tech industry in Germany is experiencing strong growth and is seen as a key industry for environmental and climate protection, while also facing challenges from increasing competition, particularly from China, and bureaucratic hurdles from the EU. #Nachhaltigkeit #CleanTech #Umweltschutz (translated)
Energy economist Stefan Lechner criticizes the planned construction of a huge data center in Gießen, as its power consumption of 65 megawatts would exceed more than double the total electricity consumption of the city, and thus have significant negative impacts on climate protection and energy efficiency. #Rechenzentren #Energiewende #Stromverbrauch (translated)
Morlock No. 2 wrote that currently 23 percent of electricity is generated from wind and 27 percent from coal. Despite the energy transition, hundreds of billions of euros have been rendered ineffective according to his depiction. Furthermore, ten times as much CO₂ is being emitted as in France, even though the country uses nuclear power plants, he wrote and called for finding the mistake. https://t.co/WUgsuv6LsT #Energiewende #Klimaschutz #Windenergie (translated)
Simon Betschinger wrote that climate protection activists should subsidize or at least support Elon Musk and SpaceX so that AI data centers in space could become possible. In his view, it always seemed to be sunny there. At the same time, he claimed that the Greens he knew rejected Musk, even though he was promoting electric mobility, energy storage, and fully solar-powered data centers. According to his assessment, their worldview was based on a refusal to acknowledge reality. #Klimaschutz #ElonMusk #Raumfahrt (translated)
The author said households and industry were bearing the cost of a war beyond their borders. They wrote that short-term measures were being taken at global and EU level, including releasing oil reserves, extending temporary State aid, delaying methane rules by one year, supporting refineries and pooling. https://t.co/296V0IMKBG #Energie #Klimaschutz #Nachhaltigkeit #EU
About 10,000 people demonstrated in Vienna at the climate strike under the motto "Without climate protection, everything is nothing!" and demanded protection from the heat after a record summer. #Klimastreik #FridaysForFuture #Klimaschutz (translated)
The author criticized that the weakening of already decided climate protection measures is being celebrated. He referred to the hottest summer since records began, which has been attributed to 16,000 deaths in Germany, as well as record low water levels in Lake Constance and the Rhine, devastating fires, and overheated seas. He also wrote that the children will remember this. #Klimaschutz #Klimawandel #Umweltschutz #DE (translated)
Under the motto "Without climate protection, nothing matters!" around 10,000 people gathered in Vienna and seven other state capitals on Friday for a climate strike by "Fridays For Future" to highlight the urgent need for climate protection measures. #FridaysForFuture #Klimastreik #Klimaschutz (translated)
According to Statistics Austria, fossil CO2 emissions in Austria fell by 4.3 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, with the decrease in private households at 4.7 percent being stronger than that in the economy (4.2 percent), and overall emissions have decreased by 27 percent since 2008, which is attributed to long-term changes and not just cyclical developments. #CO2Emissionen #Klimaschutz #Umweltschutz (translated)
The author wrote that Economic Minister Katherina Reiche is reviving Habeck's heating law and is relying on "green gas." He claimed that there is too little of it, it is too expensive, and it burns the residents' wealth in the heating cellar. Furthermore, he accused Reiche of talking to the right, acting green, and profiting from it. #Heizungsgesetz #Energiepolitik #Klimaschutz #DE (translated)
The Scientists for Future criticize the new climate law as a "cunning package" because it lacks binding commitments, clear roadmaps, and a defined legal status. #Klimaschutz #Klimagesetz #ScientistsForFuture (translated)
The ÖRR blog referred to a comment from the Tagesthemen five years ago, in which a price shock was described as positive. According to the comment, oil and gas would need to become significantly more expensive in order to curb global warming. #OerrBlog https://t.co/jQfcZvjRYp #Klimaschutz #Energiepreise #Umweltschutz (translated)
The Austrian Alpine Club has demanded that the draft of the Climate Law be made more concrete and legally enforceable during its annual general meeting in Salzburg. #Klimaschutz #Alpenverein #Jugendorganisationen (translated)
