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Publikationsveröffentlichung: “Metallhandel: Der blinde Fleck in der Lieferkette”

From Adrian Bornmann / 29.08.2024 Comments Disabled

Am 29. August 2024 von 9:00 bis 10:00 Uhr informierten Expertinnen aus Wissenschaft und NGO-Sektor über die Rolle von Metallhändlern in Lieferketten und deren Verantwortung für Menschenrechtsverletzungen und Umweltzerstörung. Organisiert […]

New data tool shows: Investors Claimed $114 Billion in Compensation in Secret Arbitration

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New data tool shows: Investors Claimed $114 Billion in Compensation in Secret Arbitration

From Adrian Bornmann / 06.06.2024 Comments Disabled

Berlin, 06.06: Investors have tried to claim a total of USD 857 billion from states through ISDS lawsuits in recent years – USD 114 billion has been awarded to them. This is shown by the new database [...]

Earth Overshoot Day in Germany soon reached: New Study Shows How Raw Material Reduction Helps Fight Earth Overload

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Earth Overshoot Day in Germany soon reached: New Study Shows How Raw Material Reduction Helps Fight Earth Overload

From Adrian Bornmann / 29.04.2024 Comments Disabled

Berlin, 29.04: This year, Germany will reach Earth Overshoot Day on 2 May, two days earlier than last year. A new publication now shows: Reduction of raw materials, [...]

A bad day for climate killers: EU Parliament gives green light to phase out Energy Charter Treaty

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A bad day for climate killers: EU Parliament gives green light to phase out Energy Charter Treaty

From Adrian Bornmann / 22.04.2024 Comments Disabled

Berlin, 24.04.2024: Today, at its last session of this legislative term, the European Parliament overwhelmingly approved the EU's withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). 560 Members of Parliament [...]

Press release: New study shows: Reduction of raw materials in Germany is necessary and possible

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Press release: New study shows: Reduction of raw materials in Germany is necessary and possible

From Adrian Bornmann / 28.03.2024 Comments Disabled

Berlin, 28.03.2024: Germany's industry consumes too many metallic raw materials at almost 80 million tonnes in 2022. To protect the climate and to protect environmental degradation and human rights violations – which are always [...]

Press release: Berlin: District heating buyback must be the starting signal for a sustainable heat transition!

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Press release: Berlin: District heating buyback must be the starting signal for a sustainable heat transition!

From Adrian Bornmann / 21.03.2024 Comments Disabled

Berlin, 21.03.2024: Today, the Berlin House of Representatives decides on the acquisition of Vattenfall Wärme Berlin AG. PowerShift would welcome the remunicipalisation of Berlin's district heating supply. However, the state of Berlin also acquires [...]

Press release: Guinea: Certification of bauxite mine despite human rights violations and environmental destruction

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Press release: Guinea: Certification of bauxite mine despite human rights violations and environmental destruction

From Adrian Bornmann / 12.03.2024 Comments Disabled

Berlin, 12.03.2024: The non-governmental organizations FIAN and PowerShift criticize the preliminary certification of the bauxite mine of the Compagnie des Bauxites des Guinée (CBG) by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). Certification based on...

Press release: 500 NGOs call for NO to EU-Chile agreement

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Press release: 500 NGOs call for NO to EU-Chile agreement

From Adrian Bornmann / 26.02.2024 Comments Disabled

Berlin, 27.02.2024: On Thursday 29 February, the European Parliament will vote on the trade and investment agreement with Chile. More than 500 civil society organisations and personalities from the EU and Latin America have [...]

Press release: Does the EU perpetuate old injustices in South Africa?

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Press release: Does the EU perpetuate old injustices in South Africa?

From Adrian Bornmann / 05.02.2024 Comments Disabled

Berlin, 05.02.2024: On Monday, the Mining Indaba, the most important mining conference on the African continent, begins in South Africa. The Parliamentary State Secretary Dr. Franziska Brantner (BMWK) will also visit [...]

Press release: Environmental Alliance warns against CCS

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Press release: Environmental Alliance warns against CCS

From Adrian Bornmann / 30.01.2024 Comments Disabled

Berlin/Hamburg, 30.01.2024: On the occasion of the forthcoming publication of the Federal Government's Carbon Management Strategy, a broad alliance of environmental associations and citizens' initiatives is urgently warning of the dangers of carbon dioxide...