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Making mobility environmentally friendly, healthy and space-saving is what local authorities and citizens will be demonstrating during European Mobility Week (EMW) from 16 to 22 September.

Pesticides may only be applied on Natura 2000 sites if the procedure has received prior approval for tolerability in accordance with an exacting authorisation procedure under EU nature conservation law. The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the German Environment Agency (UBA) have produced a guide for the responsible authorities in the Länder on how to conduct this check.

Electricity production in Germany from renewable sources of energy picked up speed in the first half of 2018. About 117 billion kilowatt hours was produced in this half-year – nearly 10 per cent more than for the same time period 2017.

20 August 2018 deadline for operators to submit information about existing plants (pursuant to 42. BImSchV)

Copper emissions from antifouling paints should be reduced

A total of 18.16 million tonnes of packaging waste was generated in Germany in 2016. This is an increase of .05% over 2015.

This year's winners of the Blauer Kompass contest: an innovative urban sewage system in Solingen, an educational programme on climate change for trainees in Heidelberg, a project to green a city neighbourhood in Cologne, and a shade provider operated with photovoltaic modules by the Kunsthochschule Kassel.

CAP reform offers chance for more environmentally friendly agriculture on a broad scale

Limit values only seldom exceeded – nitrate in drinking water not present in high concentrations

Wanted: Innovative ideas for environmental protection and climate action in cities

From 15 August 2018 the Act Governing the Sale, Return and Environmentally Sound Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment - ElektroG will apply to virtually all types of electrical and electronic equipment. The aim is to ensure that more waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) ends up being recycled.