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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.01.2025

    GE-R-3: Information on pollen

    The picture shows a young women sitting in a birch wood. Her gaze is focused on a smartphone.

    … problems in eyes, nose and bronchia as well as their current medication, and the values of pollen activity in the location where they happen to be at any particular … problems in eyes, nose and bronchia as well as their current medication, and the values of pollen activity in the location where they happen to be at any particular …

  • News from 29.07.2025 | Last changed: 29.07.2025

    German Environmental Survey celebrates 40th anniversary

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    … Ordinance. As a result, the ordinance was revised in 2001 to apply the same limit values to water from domestic plumbing – so-called tap water. This was intended to … still had excessive concentrations. At the same time, samples collected in 2014 and 2017 for GerES V  revealed concerningly high levels of so-called “forever …

  • Press release 10/2014 from 10.03.2014 | Last changed: 15.05.2023

    Greenhouse gas emissions rise again slightly in 2013, by 1.2 per cent

    The chart shows the greenhouse gases in million tonnes CO2 equivalents. In 1990 1,248 were emitted, in 2012 940 and the forecast for 2013 is 951. CO2 is the biggest proportion, than CH4, N2O and f-gases.

    … (TWh) in net electricity export also pushed emissions up. Press release No. 10/2014 | 10.03.2014 Vice-President Thomas Holzmann of UBA says, “It is worrisome that the trend … in the emissions trading sector will become available as scheduled on 1 April 2014.) As in previous years, renewable energy is the reason for the relatively …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    BAU-I-4: Heavy rain in residential areas

    The picture shows the rainwater gutter of a brick building. Heavy rain is falling.

    … by the DWD for rainfall during a period of 12 to 72 hours), in which the threshold values for heavy rain warnings were also exceeded temporarily. In 2002 numerous … in other parts of the Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia measured values in excess of 150 litres of rain per square metre falling within 24 hours. …

  • Press release 28/2025 from 25.06.2025 | Last changed: 16.01.2026

    Boom despite crisis: German GreenTech sector continues on growth trajectory

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    … around 7.5 percent of those employed in Germany, nine percent of Germany's gross value added, and 8.4 percent of exports can be attributed to this sector. Gross value added amounted to 314 billion euros in 2023. Since 2010, it has grown by an … and the circular economy are pursued. Potential assessments indicate that the gross value added of the German GreenTech sector could grow to over 620 billion euros by …

  • News from 05.03.2021 | Last changed: 08.03.2021

    SAICM-Workshop for German Stakeholders

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    … content Links SAICM Chemicals of concern to health and the environment Quick start guides Biocides and antimicrobials All news Tags SAICM … As long as the Covid-19 …

  • Press release 27/11 from 05.05.2011 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    Put out the fire, please - without the poison though

    … UBA recommends that PFC-based extinguishers not be used in fire drills.   The guide on environmentally friendly use of fluorinated foam extinguishers, …

  • Press release 10/2019 from 10.05.2019 | Last changed: 16.05.2019

    Blue Angel ecolabel awarded to disposable nappies

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    … are independent of economic interests and reliable. The Blue Angel is a reliable guide for sustainable consumption. It has been awarded to over 12,000 products and …