… nitrate content in the raw water treated to produce drinking water. Mass livestock production and excessive fertiliser use in agriculture are actually causing nitrate … Of the 267 monitored substances in drinking water grouped under plant protection products (PPP) and biocidal products or their metabolites (degradation products), only very few were measured at …

… Press release No. 09/2016 | 17.03.2016 CO 2 emissions decreased in electricity production. Even though Germany’s largest nuclear Grafenrheinfeld power plant went offline in 2015 the production of electricity with coal did not increase. The proportion of renewable energy in electricity production grew significantly to 30 percent. However, the growth in electricity …

… us with clean groundwater. Fertile soils are essential for successful agricultural production. Likewise, healthy soils are a basic requirement for producing healthy … (KWRA), the risk of soil erosion by water or wind and the risk threatening the productive function of soils were estimated to become high as soon as the middle of … measures provide, above all, protection from erosion while also supporting humus production (cf. Indicator BO-R-1 ). Moreover, the EU member states are obliged, …

… The protection and designation of climate-active open spaces such as cold-air production areas (e. g. meadows, farms) and fresh-air production areas (e. g. forests) as well as cold-air and fresh-air corridors in … stresses for the population in urban regions. Accordingly, cold and fresh air production areas are to be kept free of settlement. Crosswise large buildings, dense …

… costs for measures regarding property protection (e.g. pressure-tight doors, purchase of cisterns) are covered by the “Göttingen Climate Fund” (“KlimaFonds … ideas submitted are further developed with the input of the emergency services into products that are market-ready. In order to create incentives for participation in …

… responsible for placing fuels on the market will as a rule pass on the costs of purchasing the certificates to consumers, and fossil fuels will thus become more …

… promote noise reduction technologies. This would create further incentives to purchase and operate quiet trains. Noise differentiated track access charging has …

… their statutory warranty rights, i.e. the rights to which they are entitled if the purchased goods are defective. The initial assessment was that around 40 per cent do …

… to align ES R&I have been pre-selected and confirmed: Resilient, net-zero, circular production systems. Biodiversity and Climate Sustainable urbanisation Energy … to align ES R&I have been pre-selected and confirmed: Resilient, net-zero, circular production systems. Biodiversity and Climate Sustainable urbanisation Energy …

… energy-intensive industry against carbon leakage, i.e. the relocation of industrial production, investments and associated emissions abroad, a carbon border adjustment … introduced. This would mean that certain energy-intensive basic materials and products imported into the EU from abroad would be subject to the same CO2 price as … free allocation, are to be gradually scaled back and terminated for these products. Adjustments to Free Allocation Although the free allocation for …

… protection of the marine environment. The triad of marine protection is sustainable production, environmentally compatible official regulations and measures, and the … are in progress. The use of in industrial applications and in personal care products and cosmetics in particular microplastics is to be halted. This is the aim … industries, the plastics industry, wastewater management, cosmetics and tyre production, retail trade, science, federal, Länder and local government authorities …