Support from the Federal Environment Agency read more
Young people declare war on marine litter
Car sharing could reduce CO2 emissions by six million tonnes
Whether it is car sharing or shared housing – lending, exchange or shared usage is in fashion. read more
More legal rulings on shipments of illegal waste in 2013
Significantly more court decisions taken on exports of waste to Africa and Eastern Europe read more
Environmental data shows that transport sector is not on course in environmental protection
The transport sector is the only sector which has failed to reduce its emissions since 1990 read more
Chemicals Regulation REACH: companies must make improvements
More than half of the registration dossiers governed by the European REACH Regulation are not compliant with at least one of the seven screened data requirements, for example information on mutagenicity. These are the conclusions of a study carried out by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). read more
Chemical brownfields: forest soil is very slow to forget
New interactive map shows old pollutant loads read more
Climate change could cause more heat-related deaths in future
Heat waves raise risk of death in heart patients by up to 15 percent read more
Allergy alert: Action day to fight ragweed
Highly allergic plant spreading in Germany – Ragweed Day on 27 June features nationwide campaigns read more
