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Katarina Witt, Oliver Mommsen and Hannelore Elsner campaign for the Blue Angel
Three new environmental envoys for Germany's most well-known ecolabel
Environmental quality and innovation go hand in hand: nominations for the Bundespreis Ecodesign 2014 (German Federal Ecodesign Award)
Who will be the winner of the Blue Angel Prize 2014?
The prize is being awarded this year for extraordinary corporate commitment to protection of the environment and health. The jury in charge has nominated three companies.
Saving water: wise, overdone or practiced too excessively?
A new UBA study shows why and where it still pays to save water.
New requirements for old heating units
Old wood-fired furnaces and boilers are the source of significant emissions of particulates and many other pollutants harmful to health. Therefore new thresholds for dust and carbon monoxide emissions from old wood-fired boilers and furnaces came into effect on 1 January 2015.
Heinrich Freiherr (Baron) von Lersner has died
The first President of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Heinrich Freiherr (Baron) von Lersner died on Tuesday, 26 August 2014 in Berlin. Lersner, born on 14 July 1930 in Stuttgart, headed the UBA for 21 years.
Who generates the most waste?
Germany is a major importer of waste. The reason is that German waste technologies are very advanced, and for some materials, the best disposal processes are here.
E-cycles – a (small) mobility revolution
The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has encouraged cities and municipalities to make it easier to switch from automobiles to e-cycles. "E-cycles, that is bicycles driven by electric motors, require less space than cars and are considerably cheaper.
Same performance at less cost
New performance standards for vacuum cleaners become effective on 1 September 2014. The devices must consume less power and be built more robustly.
Ambitious policy for environmentally responsible world climate
