… European emissions trading: Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany constant overall … tons of CO 2 -eq, the second year in a row. In the energy sector, natural gas use in electricity production fell due to the sharp increase in gas prices as a … Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) at the German Environment Agency (UBA). … European emissions trading: Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany constant overall …

… Guideline for greenhouse gas calculation in the transport sector Greenhouse gas emissions from transport can now be calculated using a guideline. Source: m.mphoto / Fotolia.com The transport of passengers and …

… Climate footprint 2016: Transport sector and cool weather cause spike in emissions … in electricity production. For reasons of price, more low-emissions natural gas was used for the first time since 2010, thereby replacing other fossil fuels. The …

… Federal Government offsets all of its greenhouse gas emissions from official travel … The Federal Government has recently started offsetting all of its greenhouse gas emissions which are generated by travel on official business. It will …

… Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Green house gas emissions 2017 on the decline, slightly Energy sector emissions lower, … (- 4.1%) compared to the previous year. The main reason is that less hard coal was used to generate electricity due to the high level of wind power feed-in. Also, hard … and are to be considered a forecast rather than final figures. They are derived using a system of modelling and extrapolated trends based on the detailed inventory …

… Environment Agency and the Federal Ministry for the Environment Germany's greenhouse gas emissions down 8.7 percent in 2020 Positive trend of recent years continues … electricity (-23 million tonnes). Emissions from the generation of electricity using hard coal fell by 13 million tonnes of CO 2 , despite the commissioning of the … than gas-fired power plants, which emit less CO 2 . Renewable energies were also used more than in previous years, accounting for 45 percent of gross electricity …

… German Environment Agency assisting Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with research on causes of the Oder River crisis German-Polish working group cooperating well Europe’s … also detect toxic algal metabolites (algal toxins). The expertise at hand will be used to evaluate the delivered data and test results. The hypothesis that mercury …

… "Mobile" chemicals - when filters become useless German Environment Agency wants better protection of drinking water against … are what the UBA is calling chemicals which have entered the water cycle because they do not bind to solids such as sand or activated carbon. They are therefore … and avoid contamination of the water cycle at the development phase and in the use of industrial chemicals," says Maria Krautzberger.  Drinking water in Germany is …

… EU climate targets: 60 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is … scheme and more decarbonization in buildings and transport sectors necessary Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU can be reduced by at least 60 percent below 1990 levels …