… conference on "Human Biomonitoring for science and chemical policy", Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze and UBA President Dirk Messner spoke out … the exposure of the public to chemicals. Press release No. 46/2020 | 02.10.2020 Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said, "We have to know exactly which … be promoted in the framework of the EU Sustainability Strategy for chemicals. In order to regulate problematic chemicals effectively, we need comparable data across …

… Dirk Messner, President of UBA, said, "We can be justly proud of what the new federal states have achieved in environmental protection since 1990. Life has returned … demanding processes of change. We must make our economy fit for the future in order to mitigate climate and environmental change to the greatest extent possible and …

… nachhaltig sind die deutschen Supermärkte?" Mittelwerte über alle 8 Unternehmen in der Bewertungsmatrix von 1 (no practice) bis 5 (best practice) Source: …

… by a chaotic set of individual rules. Ecological concerns are not taken into consideration, social concerns only partially so. Some regulations even encourage … for public transport is a good complement to the 9-euro ticket adopted by the Federal Government. It provides lasting relief and thus creates an incentive to make … the climate." According to an initial estimate, the relief here could be in the order of two billion euros per year. The UBA also proposes tax concessions for climate …

… Court of Justice for violating the limits set out in the Nitrates Directive and ordered to take effective mitigation measures. The European Commission also judged … in agriculture to increase yields. Excessive spreading of nitrogen has a considerable impact on water, climate, air quality and biodiversity, which is why UBA has … total nitrogen input. The surpluses of the nitrogen soil surface budgets of the federal states vary from region to region, ranging from 51 kg N/ha UAA for Brandenburg …

… Joint press release with the Federal Environment Ministry Minister Schulze presents plan for glyphosate phase-out … is harmful to biodiversity Source: Martina Chirnielewski / Fotolia.com The Federal Ministry for Environment has presented a plan for the gradual phase-out of the … have proven to be harmful to biodiversity. Press release No. 33/2018 | 06.11.2018 Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said: "This coalition agreed to stop the …

… Federal Environment Ministry and German Environment Agency present new water report … pollution is impacting water quality in many locations. The water report required under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) which the Federal Environment Ministry and the German Environment Agency published today …

… in the transport sector: According to the climate protection plan of the German Federal Government, traffic emissions are supposed to decline by some 70 million … full-load hours per plant per year for lignite and hard coal  plants which are older than 20 years. What's more, at least 5 gigawatts of the oldest and most … reduction. But this will only happen if we quickly get on with decommissioning older and inefficient lignite and hard coal power plants. Otherwise we run the risk …

… Joint press release by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and … and recycling processes. Press release No. 46/2024 | 02.12.2024 Steffi Lemke MdB, Federal Minister for the Environment (⁠ BMUV ⁠): “In 2024, the German Ecodesign Award … The competition will be announced again across Europe on 20 January 2025 The Federal Ministry for the Environment and the German Environment Agency have been …