Press release 48/2014 from 05.11.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017
Environmental protection provides employment for 2 million
… 2008, by 18,000 workers. But this increase is almost exclusively due to rising demand from abroad. "The number of people employed in environmental protection is … said Maria Krautzberger, President of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The Climate Protection Action Programme which the Federal Government wants to adopt in … the government and businesses in "classical" environmental protection, for example waste disposal, protection of waters, noise abatement or air quality control. The …