Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) are awarding the Bundespreis Ecodesign for the second time. As the only Federal Government award for ecodesign, this prize goes to innovative products, services of ideas that are convincing in terms of design and eco-friendliness. The jury has nominated winners from among ... read more
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WLAN through water pipes?
The idea sounds promising: To increase the speed of surfing on the Internet in rural areas, the European Union (EU) wants to have broadband cables laid through existing energy and water infrastructure, for example water pipes. This proposal might reduce digging and costs. However, it involves unacceptable risks as far as water pipes are concerned, points out the Drinking Water Commission (DWC) ... read more
Federal employees continue to travel climate-friendly
Emission reduction credits (ERCs) from high-quality international climate change mitigation projects will continue to compensate the official travel by German federal employees. The Federal Government plans to purchase more than 235,000 ERCs which will then be cancelled. ERCs for emissions in 2015 were purchased earlier this year. The next compensation procedure for 2016 emissions will now foll... read more
Novel materials should be safe and sustainable
In a joint recommendation, three German higher federal authorities paint draw a picture of how the development of safe and sustainable novel advanced materials can be controlled and regulated. The paper deals with the aspects of risk assessment, sustainaability and control with regard to good governance and outlines relevant fields of action. read more
Rotor blade recycling from A to Z
Wind turbine rotor blades are made of fibre composites and have been disposed of in very different ways up to now. The German Environment Agency (UBA) now presents a comprehensive overview of the sustainable use and waste processing of rotor blades. read more
Ten million hectares of arable land worldwide are 'lost' every year
The International Year of Soils has come to an end, but soil protection is far from reaching its aim. read more
Discussion and performance: environmental and climate migration
Discussion and performance about environmental and climate migration: Fleeing in the face of climate change? STAY read more
