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  • Press release 08/09 from 13.02.2009 | Last changed: 14.11.2024

    Not just any fuel allowed in fireplaces or tiled stoves

    … paper briquettes made with it in so-called small firing units, that is, is household ovens and heating furnaces. Press release No. 08/09 | 13.02.2009   The fuels … in protecting the climate and keeping the peace with his neighbours: Get rid of old furnaces: Opt for modern, low-emissions engineering, e.g. pellet heaters with …

  • Press release 03/2018 from 23.01.2018 | Last changed: 14.02.2018

    Reducing the input of antibiotics from agricultural livestock husbandry into the environment

    Zeichnung mit folgenden Motiven: Traktor mit Güllebehälter und Schleppschlauchvorrichtung zur Gülleausbringung, Veterinärzeichen, Rind, Schwein, Pute, Hühner

    … a long time been drawing attention to the lack of environmental assessments for “old medicines”. For instance, there are no comprehensive environmental assessments … assessments did not exist before 2005. UBA is therefore calling for or a EU-wide “old medicines programme” for the retrospective environmental assessment of …

  • Press release 13/2015 from 30.03.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Umweltbewusstsein 2014 study: More and more people see protection of the environment as part of the solution, not the problem

    Barbara Hendricks and Maria Krautzberger present the Umweltbewusstsein 2014 study

    … report that they "always" choose the energy-efficient alternative when buying household appliances or lighting. Another one fourth does this "very frequently". This … respondents in the German population as young as 14 years old (versus 18-year-olds and older in previous surveys). The current study was designed as an online …

  • Press release 30/2019 from 15.09.2019 | Last changed: 07.10.2019

    European Mobility Week targets pedestrian traffic

    many pedestrians on a zebra crossing

    … the city anew. The town of Lilienthal is offering a "walking workshop" for its older citizens. The cities of Baesweiler, Kassel, Herne and Weimar are easing the … people can have their photo taken in a look similar to the cover of the 50-year-old "Abbey Road" Beatles album. The campaign aim is to encourage people to walk.  …

  • Press release 036/11 from 25.07.2011 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    Photo contest theme: Summer, sun - plastic rubbish?

    … risk to marine life: seals, whales, seabirds or ocean turtles often get caught in old fishing equipment and perish. These animals often mistake bits of plastic for … merchant shipping and the fishing industry. Freight packaging and “normal” household waste is unfortunately still dumped overboard by some seafaring vessels, despite …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 15.07.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Agriculture

    Field with farming tailer - a single spike in the foreground

    … to heat stress at certain sensitive stages of development. In wheat, flower unfolding and pollen differentiation in May/June are such phases when temperature rises … grassland are more adaptable, as grasslands can change their species composition. Cold Cold stress means stressing plants at low temperatures. At lower temperatures, …

  • Press release 20/2011 from 12.04.2011 | Last changed: 18.07.2013

    Greenhouse gases well below the limit

    … trade, commerce and the service sectors also increased, as it did in households. The growth in freight transport resulted in a slight rise in emissions in the … 6.7 percent. The significant rise in emissions is due to a greater disposal rate of old sound-proofed windows and heightened use in the metals industry. Dessau-Roßlau, …

  • Press release 33/2022 from 29.06.2022 | Last changed: 27.07.2022

    From 1 July: 25,000 additional collection sites for waste electrical and electronic equipment

    old washing machines pile up at a recycling center

    … that fewer end-of-life appliances are disposed of improperly, for example in household waste, packaging waste or in nature, where they do not belong. WEEE should also … to take back WEEE free of charge. The new regulations apply as follows: small old appliances with an edge length of less than or equal to 25 centimetres (e.g. …

  • Press release 37/11 from 28.07.2011 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

    Testing for human pollutant exposure in Europe

    … Environmental Medicine at the University of Bochum will ask mothers of 6-to-11-year olds to be part of the study. A total of 120 mother-child pairs are needed, each of …

  • Press release 21/2014 from 05.05.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    A new president for the Federal Environment Agency

    Maria Krautzberger

    … in Munich and Constance. Prior to her positions in Berlin and Lübeck 59-year-old Krautzberger held various positions relating to the municipal and environmental …