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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 [...]

Tour du Gas: Fossil infrastructure is not climate protection

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Tour du Gas: Fossil infrastructure is not climate protection

From Leonel / 01.10.2024 Comments Disabled

Photo: View from Rüstringer Berg to the oil port, coal-fired power plant and the JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven's industrial history is marked by destroyed hopes and broken promises. The fossil fuel industry has big wounds in and [...]

Stop CCS: Open letter to the members of the German Bundestag and the Bundesrat

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Stop CCS: Open letter to the members of the German Bundestag and the Bundesrat

From Tine Laufer / 06.09.2024 Comments Disabled

The climate crisis is progressing. Their main cause: The continuous burning of coal, oil and gas. But instead of continuing the urgently needed phase-out of fossil fuels, the German government plans to invest billions of [...]

Berlin Position Paper Renewable: How do we create climate-friendly district heating in Berlin?

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Berlin Position Paper Renewable: How do we create climate-friendly district heating in Berlin?

From Leonel / 02.05.2024 Comments Disabled

On the occasion of the remunicipalisation of Vattenfall Wärme AG, the Berlin Renewable Alliance is calling for Berlin to receive genuinely climate-friendly district heating. The heating sector in Berlin accounts for almost half of the climate-damaging [...]

For a fair EU trade policy! Send your candidate an email

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For a fair EU trade policy! Send your candidate an email

From Bettina Müller / 29.04.2024 Comments Disabled

European trade and investment agreements are still not in line with the EU's climate and sustainable development goals. Trade policy and the European Green Deal are in stark contradiction [...]

Position paper: Warming transition in Berlin – fair and ecological

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Position paper: Warming transition in Berlin – fair and ecological

From Leonel / 28.03.2024 Comments Disabled

Almost half of Berlin's CO2 emissions come from heating. But as early as 2035, the whole of Berlin could be warm in winter without polluting the climate, and without rising natural gas prices, [...]

Position paper: Attention, cost trap: Do not burn hydrogen.

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Position paper: Attention, cost trap: Do not burn hydrogen.

From Leonel / 21.03.2024 Comments Disabled

Since 1 January 2024, the Heat Planning Act has been in force, which grants municipalities a key role in the heat transition. We, more than 200 environmental associations and civil society actors, welcome heat planning as a strategic tool...

Berlin: Focus on energy and raw materials transition

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Berlin: Focus on energy and raw materials transition

From Leonel / 05.03.2024 Comments Disabled

Heat waves, droughts, water shortages, forest fires, storms, heavy rainfalls and floods, the climate crisis is the major environmental and socio-political issue of our time and also affects Berlin's urban society. The decarbonization...

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 [...]

Position paper: Plans to expand wood burning for Berlin district heating

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Position paper: Plans to expand wood burning for Berlin district heating

From Leonel / 31.01.2024 Comments Disabled

The Berlin district heating network and nine cogeneration plants in the city were previously operated by the Swedish state-owned company Vattenfall before they were sold to the state of Berlin at the end of 2023. It has been too long [...]