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  • Press release 04/2018 from 23.01.2018 | Last changed: 05.02.2018

    Greenhouse gas emissions rose again in 2016

    rauchende Schornsteine eines Braunkohlekraftwerks, davor ein Tagebau

    … 4000 full-load hours per plant per year for lignite and hard coal  plants which are older than 20 years. What's more, at least 5 gigawatts of the oldest and most inefficient coal-fired power plants should be shut down completely.” …

  • Press release 4/2017 from 31.01.2017 | Last changed: 27.03.2017

    Air quality 2016: Nitrogen dioxide still the top pollutant

    traffic jam in the city

    … made by the federal states and the German Environment Agency (UBA). The threshold value of 40 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m³) on a yearly average was exceeded … threat to our health for decades”, said UBA’s President Maria Krautzberger. “It is old diesel-powered vehicles in particular which are to blame for this in cities. It …

  • Press release 8/2015 from 01.03.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Obsolescence fact check

    fridge, washing machine, dishwasher, TV, ceramic stove top

    … quicker to replace working flat screen TVs Consumers are replacing new household appliances sooner. Source: Black Jack / Fotolia.com Consumers today are using … first useful service life of TV sets in particular, but also of some large household appliances like washing machines, clothes dryers, and refrigerators. In …

  • Press release 36/2021 from 07.09.2021 | Last changed: 29.09.2021

    Bundespreis UMWELT & BAUEN 2021 – Progressive building and refurbishment for more climate protection and social cohesion

    Schriftzug "Bundespreis Umwelt & Bauen" und Bild einer Trophäe aus Holz

    … today, especially in existing buildings. Parliamentary State Secretary Florian Pronold said, "Not least due to the recent floods, the issue of climate, environmental … to holistically outstanding projects and inviting imitation." State Secretary Pronold and UBA President Professor Messner awarded the prize in four categories and …

  • Press release 04/2021 from 16.02.2021 | Last changed: 29.04.2021

    Air quality 2020: Only a few cities still exceed nitrogen dioxide limit

    Stau

    … However, the limit values for particulate matter in effect are more than 20 years old and need to be adjusted to the latest scientific findings by the World Health … 2020. At 86 per cent of all stations, PM2.5 daily mean values were above the threshold of 25 µg/m³ on more than 3 days, and 11 per cent exceeded the threshold of 10 …

  • Press release 07/2025 from 20.02.2025 | Last changed: 24.02.2025

    In 2024, all air quality limits met for the first time

    Stau

    … are needed to improve air quality. The current limit values are more than 20 years old and no longer reflect the latest scientific findings on the health effects of … will be met for almost all substances, with only PM2.5 and NO₂ exceeding the thresholds in isolated cases. Full compliance with all limit values in Germany can be …

  • Article from 04.03.2024 | Last changed: 04.03.2024

    Pollutant emissions into surface waters

    Picture from river in Germany

    … Release and Transfer Register; EC PRTR Regulation 166/2006). Information on old mining sites was provided by the German federal states (Länder). Diffuse … urban areas (combined sewer overflows, storm water outlets and individual households not connected to sewers), direct atmospheric deposition onto surface waters and …

  • Article from 04.07.2013 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Site remediation

    … has proven successful. Thereby sources of contamination as well as foundations on old sites can be excavated precisely. Source: Frauenstein Investigation of … groundwater treatment plant on an installation site Contaminated groundwater on old sites requires a remediation, mostly through mobile or semi-mobile plants, as …

  • Article from 11.09.2017 | Last changed: 31.08.2023

    Publications

    … evaluation of (semi) field methods using aquatic macrophytes. In Maltby, L., Arnold, D., Arts, G., Davies, J., Heimbach, F., Pickl, C., and Poulsen, V. Aquatic … M., Gergs, R., Alscher, B., Janthur, I., Schmiediche, R., Hoenemann, L., Mohr, S.: Old herbicide in new light: filling the data gap of mecoprop-p for dicotyledonous … of software packages for degradation kinetics. Poster SETAC-Europe, Barcelona Older Publikationen vor 2015 / Publications before 2015 Pdfs Fate of the …

  • Article from 11.03.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Protecting the seas and oceans: how can it be done?

    On the picure you see the sunset about the sea

    … in particular. In the past, our local seas were also used as a dumping site for old munitions , the toxic explosives and chemical warfare agents of which are now … in particular. In the past, our local seas were also used as a dumping site for old munitions , the toxic explosives and chemical warfare agents of which are now …