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Heat waves raise risk of death in heart patients by up to 15 percent

Highly allergic plant spreading in Germany – Ragweed Day on 27 June features nationwide campaigns

UBA President Krautzberger: There is hardly any sector where waste avoidance is so easy.

UBA symposium proves that cities and municipalities can often do without pesticides

Have a say in the update to the German Resource Efficiency Programme

The 'Blue Angel Prize' contest has been launched for the fourth time in the framework of the German Sustainability Award. The prize distinguishes companies which support the cause of the Blue Angel ecolabel in an extraordinary way and thereby excel in their efforts to help protect the environment.

Federal government publishes the first monitoring report on climate impacts and adaptation

Which washing-up liquid has the least impact on the environment? Besides the EU ecolabel, the Blue Angel ecolabel now offers orientation.

Street traffic, neighbours or aircraft noise: one in every two people in Germany feels disturbed or annoyed by noise. Children and young people also suffer from noise – often with sometimes grave consequences.

Building project to start in summer 2015, completion in 2017

Global warming has krill stocks running low – how are penguins reacting?

Greenhouse gas emission levels in Germany in 2014 were lower than in the previous year for the first time in three years.