"Mehr als schön" - more than beautiful: Winners of German Federal Ecodesign Award announced
Federal Environment Ministry (BMUB) and German Environment Agency (UBA) award the fifth round of ecologically designed products read more
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37/2016Joint action for man and the environment
Environmentally friendly products with the Blue Angel ecolabel for SOS Children’s Village Berlin read more
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36/2016Grocery discounters should offer more deposit bottle beverages
Germans producing 30 per cent more packaging waste than 20 years ago read more
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35/2016Electromobility has clear economic advantages
Goals of Climate Action Plan can only be achieved through an energy transformation in the transport sector read more
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34/2016Resource-efficient products should be cheaper
UBA resources report: Daily per capita resource consumption in Germany is 44 kilos read more
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33/2016Sandoz chemical spill, 30 years onward: Salmon have returned to the Rhine
Hendricks: Sandoz disaster triggered a rethink in politics and industry read more
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32/2016Environmentally harmful subsidies in transport sector at record level
German Environment Agency calls for dismantling by 2025 read more
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31/2016More than beautiful: Jurors select nominees for German Federal Ecodesign Award 2016
Federal Environment Ministry (BMUB) and German Environment Agency (UBA) award ecodesign for the fifth time read more
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30/2016Anniversary celebration of the Protocol of Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
25 years in the name of peace and science read more
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29/2016Ensuring application safety and the environmentally compatible development and use of nanomaterials and other advanced materials
Federal authorities review the joint research strategy "Nanotechnology - Risks related to Nanomaterials for Humans and the Environment " read more
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28/2016European Mobility Week brings sustainable mobility a step closer
National kick-off on 16 September 2016 in Frankfurt read more
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27/2016Global record temperatures and flash floods in Germany – small taste of the summer of the future?
Adaptation to climate change becoming more and more important in Germany read more
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26/2016Higher income earners usually have higher climate-impact lifestyles
"Blind spots" in mobility and living are common read more
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25/2016Blauer Kompass contest
German Environment Agency honours four climate adaptation projects read more
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24/2016Greenhouse gas-neutral freight transport is necessary and feasible
Krautzberger: Move more goods to the rail, substitute fossil fuels read more
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23/2016Antibiotics: livestock industry and human medicine can pollute groundwater
New UBA study – threshold for human and veterinary medicine in groundwater is useful read more
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22/2016Employment in environmental protection breaks the 2-million mark
Declines in key Energiewende sectors read more
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21/2016The gardening season kicks off
The art of composting in the home garden – helpful hints read more
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20/2016Federal Government initiates carbon offsetting scheme for all official travel
UBA cancels credits for greenhouse gas emissions read more
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19/2016Cities quieter thanks to 30km/h speed limit
International Noise Awareness Day 2016: Three out of four in Germany feel disturbed by noise read more
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18/2016Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan fails its own environmental review
Krautzberger: Much more funding must be redeployed to rail transport read more
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17/2016UBA measures new record highs for carbon dioxide
More than 400 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere for the first time in 2015 read more
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16/2016EU Commission declines to authorise antifouling ingredient
A victory for environmental protection: Cybutryn no longer to be used on boat hulls starting January 2017 read more
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15/2016Significantly lower levels of mercury and lead, more plasticisers
Flasbarth: Human and environmental specimen banks are indispensable read more
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14/2016Germany is able to achieve climate-neutral building stock by 2050
Comprehensive building renovation and more renewable energy point the way read more
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13/2016Cornerstone for an exemplary ecological building
Groundbreaking ceremony for the addition in Dessau-Roßlau read more
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12/2016Emissions trading: Industrial emissions again practically unchanged in 2015
Energy utilities mitigate by 1.7 percent read more
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11/2016Gravel-bed streams - our water body type of the year 2016
Only 3% of Danube, Rhine and co. have "good" ecological status read more
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10/2016First round table on marine litter
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09/2016UBA emissions data for 2015 indicate urgent need for consistent implementation of Climate Action Programme 2020
Hendricks: All sectors must deliver on climate protection read more
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08/2016UBA research studies point out ways for efficient integration of renewable energy into the electricity market
Electricity Market 2.0 is more cost-effective than capacity markets. Flexibilization of production and consumption will improve the integration of renewable energy. read more
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07/2016Germany still world's lead exporter of environmental protection goods
Stiffer international competition calls for innovations-based environmental policy read more
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06/2016Klimafieber
Colourful and versatile workbook about climate change read more
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05/2016Lifetime of electrical appliances becoming shorter and shorter
Reasons for early replacement are varied – UBA recommends a minimum period of service life read more
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04/2016Sharp decrease of climate gases in Germany in 2014
Minister Hendricks: Need for action in transport and agriculture sectors read more
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03/2016Air quality 2015: Nitrogen dioxide pollution still too heavy
Higher ozone levels for the first time in years; much lower particulate levels than 2014 read more
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02/2016Plant protection: Less is best and lower-risk
German Environment Agency presents 5-point programme of sustainable plant protection read more
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01/2016More than beautiful: Announcing the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2016
The Award recognises products, services and concepts that distinguish themselves both ecologically and aesthetically read more
