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Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan fails its own environmental review
The draft Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan (FTIP) fails to meet eleven of the twelve targets identified in its own environmental report.
UBA measures new record highs for carbon dioxide
A sad record: concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at both of the UBA´s measuring stations on the Zugspitze and the Schauinsland exceeded an annual average level of more than 400 parts per million for the first time.
EU Commission declines to authorise antifouling ingredient
A victory for environmental protection: Cybutryn, better known by its trade name Irgarol®, may no longer be used as the active substance in antifouling products on boat hulls after 27 January 2017.
Significantly lower levels of mercury and lead, more plasticisers
Which pollutants are people exposed to nowadays and which have diminished as a result of environmental legislation? These are some of the questions which experts will be discussing today at the international conference "Human Biomonitoring - Science and Policy for a healthy future" in Berlin.
Germany is able to achieve climate-neutral building stock by 2050
The UBA recommends a swift move to renovate Germany's building stock comprehensively. A new UBA study shows how it can be done.
Cornerstone for an exemplary ecological building
The cornerstone ceremony for the addition to the German Environment Agency in Dessau-Roßlau took place on Friday, 8 April 2016.
Emissions trading: Industrial emissions again practically unchanged in 2015
Energy utilities mitigate by 1.7 percent
Gravel-bed streams - our water body type of the year 2016
The German Environment Agency (UBA) has chosen the water body type of the year 2016 just in time for World Water Day on 22 March: large gravel-bed streams.
First round table on marine litter
The Federal Government and the Länder want to strengthen their joint measures to combat marine litter and are coordinating their future action at a round table.
UBA emissions data for 2015 indicate urgent need for consistent implementation of Climate Action Programme 2020
High volumes of electricity exports, cooler weather than the previous year and lower fuel prices resulted in a slight increase of greenhouse gas emissions in 2015.
UBA research studies point out ways for efficient integration of renewable energy into the electricity market
Two new research studies completed on behalf of the German Environment Agency (UBA) show how the electricity market can master the challenges from further developing renewable energy. Their conclusion: the main approach should aim to optimize the existing electricity wholesale market, also known as Electricity Market 2.0.
Germany still world's lead exporter of environmental protection goods
Environmental protection continues to be a significant economic factor in Germany's economy, says the latest report by UBA on the environmental industry.