RSS Builder by B!Soft http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-info-presse-e/index.htm The Federal Environment Agency Press Office provides journalists information on matters of environmental protection. It can also arrange interviews and talks with experts from the Agency upon request. en-en http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-info-presse/index.htm http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/images/basic/logo.gif 113 99 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:30:00 +0200 Greenhouse gas emissions levels dropped in Germany in 2011 once again, as current calculations by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) prove. Emissions of carbon dioxide and methane in particular continued to decline. The greater use of renewable energies has had a positive effect on the emissions development trend.]]> http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-info-presse-e/2012/pe12-017_less_greenhouse_gases_with_less_nuclear_energy.htm Presse Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +0200 At 450 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, 1,640 power generation and industrial facilities required to participate in emissions trading in Germany emitted approximately one percent less climate-damaging CO2 in 2011 than in 2010. Despite a very strong economy and nuclear phase-out, the reduction of CO2 emissions has continued since 2008.]]> http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-info-presse-e/2012/pe12-016_emissions_trading_co2_emissions_fall_in_2011_despite_strong_economy.htm Presse Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +0200 The environmental condition of many of Germany’s lowland rivers is perilous. Rivers like the Lippe, Ems, Aller, Alster, Trave, Elde or Spree are classified as lowland sandy-clayey rivers and have been named the 2012 ‘water body type of the year’. They require extensive improvements, for a mere 2 per cent of these river courses are ranked “good“, and 22 per cent even classify as “bad“. Only very few of them will attain “good” quality again by 2015. The rivers need more surface area and fewer nutrient input. Fish need uninterrupted weirs.]]> http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-info-presse-e/2012/pe12-015_water_body_type_of_the_year_lowland_sandy_clayey_river.htm Presse