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Opinion on the amendment of the Carbon Dioxide Storage Act

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Opinion on the amendment of the Carbon Dioxide Storage Act

From Neelke Wagner / 12.11.2024 Comments Disabled

The German government plans to make the disposal of carbon dioxide under the North Sea possible. For this purpose, a thousands-kilometre pipeline network for carbon dioxide is to be built throughout Germany. The catch and [...]

Factsheet: An end to natural gas! Why we need to stop using natural gas

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Factsheet: An end to natural gas! Why we need to stop using natural gas

From Neelke Wagner / 05.02.2024 Comments Disabled

Natural gas is mainly used in electricity and heat production and in the chemical industry. However, it is not a clean energy source, but highly problematic. In this factsheet, we show how big [...]

New commodity boom in Latin America in times of war and climate crisis

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New commodity boom in Latin America in times of war and climate crisis

From Neelke Wagner / 12.12.2023 Comments Disabled

Instead of using the energy crisis as a result of the Russian attack on Ukraine as an additional boost to the domestic energy transition, many Western states, and in particular Germany, turned to Latin America to [...]

Germany's gas hunger and its effects: International activists report

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Germany's gas hunger and its effects: International activists report

From Neelke Wagner / 26.10.2023 Comments Disabled

Activists from the USA and Germany at a meeting in Berlin. Their common goal is to push for a gas phase-out and to prevent liquefied natural gas infrastructure. Germany, after the end of [...]