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International and European regulations permit the use of scrubbers to comply with the sulfur limits for marine fuel. Some scrubbers generate wastewater, which is discharged into the marine environment. The current environmental status of German coastal waters is moderate to poor.

Die in Deutschland vielleicht größten Programme zum Schutz der Biologischen Vielfalt waren die flächenhafte Einführung kommunaler und industrieller  Kläranlagen und die Großfeuerungsanlagenverordnung,  mit der die Industrie Ende der siebziger Jahre zur dramatischen Reduktion ihrer Schwefeldioxidemissionen gezwungen wurde.

Kühlen und Klimatisieren gehören heute zum alltäglichen Leben. Keiner möchte auf gekühlte Lebensmittel oder klimatisierte Büros verzichten. Ohne Kältemittel geht das vielfach nicht.

Based on recommendations by international river basin and water body commissions, a checklist concept was developed as a tool to efficiently evaluate the condition of installations handling substances and preparations hazardous to water. It comprises an overview of potential fields of action as well as specific checklists subdivided by functional units, sectors and risk areas.

Based on recommendations by international river basin and water body commissions, a checklist concept was developed as a tool to efficiently evaluate the condition of installations handling substances and preparations hazardous to water. It comprises an overview of potential fields of action as well as specific checklists subdivided by functional units, sectors and risk areas.

Based on recommendations by international river basin and water body commissions, a checklist concept was developed as a tool to efficiently evaluate the condition of installations handling substances and preparations hazardous to water. It comprises an overview of potential fields of action as well as specific checklists subdivided by functional units, sectors and risk areas.

Based on recommendations by international river basin and water body commissions, a checklist concept was developed as a tool to efficiently evaluate the condition of installations handling substances and preparations hazardous to water. It comprises an overview of potential fields of action as well as specific checklists subdivided by functional units, sectors and risk areas.

Based on recommendations by international river basin and water body commissions, a checklist concept was developed as a tool to efficiently evaluate the condition of installations handling substances and preparations hazardous to water. It comprises an overview of potential fields of action as well as specific checklists subdivided by functional units, sectors and risk areas.

Was bringt eigentlich die Einführung eines Fahrradverleihsystems? Wie viele neue Fahrgäste für den öffentlichen Verkehr werden durch eine Marketingkampagne gewonnen? Dieses Handbuch liefert das nötige Wissen, um die Wirkungen kommunaler Maßnahmen im Verkehr zu evaluieren.

Das Umweltbundesamt veröffentlicht jährlich seine Berechnungsergebnisse zur Entwicklung des Kohlendioxid-Emissionsfaktors des deutschen Strommix in der Zeitreihe ab 1990, der als Indikator für die Klimaverträglichkeit der Stromerzeugung angesehen werden kann.

Standardised Baselines (SBs) shall improve the opportunities for least developed countries and other underrepresented regions to participate in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). SBs allow for shifting the effort of developing baseline scenarios and additionality testing from the individual project to the sectoral level.

The intended use of biocides is to kill, to destroy or to deter living organisms. Undesirable effects on environment and health are thus likely to occur. This is true even if products are authorised, because the aim of the authorisation procedure is for every single product to keep these effects below an unacceptable level, not to eliminate the effects as a whole.