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The President of the Federal Environment Agency Jochen Flasbarth has made an appeal to the energy supply sector to focus all efforts on ensuring a 100-percent coverage of electricity supply through renewable energy by mid-century. Climate protection dictates that fossil fuels gradually be replaced by renewable energies.  At the 2nd EVU summit in Heiligendamm, UBA President Jochen Flasbarth said to... read more

It is in each and everyone’s own hands to prevent the production of greenhouse gases when planning holiday travel. For those who cannot avoid air travel there is still a way to make a voluntary commitment to compensate for emissions. However, the money must be spent on sensible and effective projects. The German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has issued... read more

According to initial calculations by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), total greenhouse gas emissions The contents of this press release refer to emissions only. Land use and changes to use are not taken into account. in Germany at the end of 2009 had declined by some 80 million tonnes (minus 8.4 percent) over 2008 levels. Since 1990 Germany had reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 28.7 per... read more

More than 155,000 tonnes of what is sometimes hazardous electronic waste are exported annually from Germany to non-European destinations, a volume which includes some 50,000 tonnes of PC and television monitors alone. The latter often contain metals as well as flame-retardant bromide compounds such as hazardous polybrominated diphenyl ether (PentaBDE). Even defective appliances are often re-classi... read more

The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) will be present with information about green information and communications technology, also known as green IT, at the CeBIT computer trade fair held 2-6 March 2010 in Hannover. Visitors to the booth in Hall 8 will learn about the environmental strain caused by computers and the like and how it can be relieved. One example: the production of a single new laptop... read more

About one third of the population has voiced problems concerning aircraft noise, according to a representative survey done by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Five million people report severe disturbance. The complaints lodged by the population are justified, as also reflected in a new UBA study by Prof. Greiser titled Risikofaktor nächtlicher Fluglärm [ Risk factor night-time aircraft noise... read more

Hamburg/Berlin/Haan, 1 March 2010 - Variations on the theme of GreenIT are once again in fashion at this year’s CeBIT trade fair in Hannover. Producers are introducing low-energy computers-which have up to now mostly been relegated to a niche existence on the market. This is all the more reason for consumers to have a look at power consumption when shopping at retailers’ for consumer electronics,... read more

The register set up through the Act Concerning the Placing on the Market, Collection and Environmentally Compatible Waste Management of Batteries and Accumulators (Batteriegesetz - BattG) is off to a successful start. Since 1 December 2009 more than 1,400 producers representing more than 4,800 brand names have announced their presence on the market. Yet these numbers do not by far include all the... read more