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 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0200 The 2011 Report on the Environmental Economy, the second after the 2009 report, presents the latest developments, challenges and prospects of the environmental economy in Germany. It shows that Germany has already made significant progress on the road to new, environmentally sound growth. Today, much less resources, land and energy are used, and fewer pollutants are emitted, than just ten years ago to obtain the same yield.]]> http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-info-presse-e/2012/pe12-005_future_made_in_germany_germanys_growth_is_becoming_increasingly_sustainable.htm Presse Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:30:00 +0200 The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is issuing its 2011 EMAS Environmental Statement today, announcing ambitious goals in environmental protection within the Agency. “As a specialist environmental agency the Federal Environment Agency can only credibly promote environmental protection by setting a good example and proving that it works”, are UBA President Jochen Flasbarth’s comments on the in-house environmental goals set for the upcoming years. He conceded that “even after ten years of environmental management we occasionally discover things that can be optimized.“]]> http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-info-presse-e/2012/pe12-004_video_conferencing_and_natural_lawnmowers.htm Presse Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0200 At all larger waterworks, the incidence of exceedence of guideline limits is rare. The example of nitrate is one of elevated concentrations sometimes occurring in groundwater, whereas in drinking water there are no such incidences. Virtually all microbiological and chemical quality requirements comply with stringent legal guidelines at a rate of more than 99 percent. These are the results of an updated report on drinking water quality issued by the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) which provides an evaluation of the 2008-2010 time period.]]> http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-info-presse-e/2012/pe12-003_germanys_drinking_water_rated_very_good.htm Presse