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Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks und President of the Federal Environment Agency Maria Krautzberger presented the awards to the winners of the Federal Ecodesign Award 2014 in Berlin today. In total, 13 projects were selected in the award categories Product, Concept, Service and Newcomer.

The Blue Angel, Germany’s oldest and most well-known eco-label, is now entering the international stage. In future it will cooperate with eco-labels in China and Japan.

Nearly two million workers owed their jobs to environmental protection in 2010.

The water in some of Germany's marinas is very polluted and poses a threat to the natural aquatic flora and fauna. The concentrations of so-called antifouling agents are noticeably high.

Three new environmental envoys for Germany's most well-known ecolabel

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.

A new UBA study shows why and where it still pays to save water.

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.

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.

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.

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.