Germany to experience another anti-nuclear protest
“We’re of the opinion that atomic energy cannot be controlled,” Leipold said. “It creates an enormous disposal problem, and we have to deal with that. We have a large transitional storage facility here, and there are many people here who are not okay with it.”
Protesters in Germany gear up to block another nuclear waste transport | Deutsche Welle Gerhard Schneibel, 10 Feb 2011, Activists are preparing to protest a cross-country train transport of nuclear waste. Authorities aren’t saying when the transport will leave, but the protestors plan to intercept it. Continue reading
Old nuclear plants to close in Germany
German Utilities May Close Old Nuclear Plants, Handelsblatt Says, Bloomberg, By Holger Elfes – Feb 7, 2011 German utilities are looking at closing older nuclear power plants, as tighter security standards may make them unprofitable, Handelsblatt reported today, without saying where it got the information…..German Utilities May Close Old Nuclear Plants, Handelsblatt Says – Bloomberg
Legal challenge to German govt extending life of nuclear plants
argues that the nuclear sites were inadequately protected against plane crashes and that safe nuclear waste disposal was not yet possible.
Transport of plutonium meets huge opposition in Germany
By using MOX, Grohnde will become even more dangerous than other nukes.
The protest was supported by 10 civic action groups across the region
2,200 protest at plutonium shipments from UK to Germany | Indymedia Australia, Diet Simon, 18 Jan 2011, About 2,200 nuclear opponents demonstrated outside the Grohnde power station in central north Germany on Sunday 16 January. The protesters, from very young to quite elderly, squatted outside the nuke in a symbolic action. They demanded that the federal and state governments scrap nuclear transport plans. Continue reading
Germany won’t take part in military attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities
“We are definitely not going to participate in a military action” to scuttle Iran’s suspected nuclear bomb program,
Rooftop Solar Farm
the project shows the huge potential that roof surfaces of industry and trade buildings have for renewable energy
Goodyear Dunlop Rooftop Solar Farm Completed by Energy Matters, 12 JANUARY, 2011 German renewable energy company juwi Solar has announced completion of a massive 7.4MW rooftop solar farm at Goodyear Dunlop’s logistics center in Germany. The PV based solar farm will generated approximately 7.3 million kWh per year, the equivalent of the electricity needs of approximately 1,800 households. Continue reading
Democracy under threat with German govt’s nuclear policy
The government is discussing using the military inside the country. Will tanks soon be rolling against peaceful squat blockades?
GLS Bank, Triodos Bank, Umwelt- und Ethikbank. These four banks explicitly reject nuclear funding.
German anti-nuclear movement’s 2010 de.indymedia.org (translated by Diet Simon) 06.01.2011 2010 was the year of the anti-nuclear movement in Germany. Not since the catastrophic Chernobyl meltdown 25 years ago were there as many people on German streets protesting against nuclear power production as in 2010. Continue reading
300 billion euros predicted for renewable energy investment in Germany
Seeger Expects 300 Billion Euros Investment in Renewable Energy, FAZ Says, Bloomberg, By Ragnhild Kjetland – Jan 7, 2011 Seeger AG, a biomass power company, expects as much as 300 billion euros ($390 billion) in investment to expand renewable energy in Germany in the next few years, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported, citing Chief Executive Officer Thomas Krause…….Seeger Expects 300 Billion Euros Investment in Renewable Energy, FAZ Says – Bloomberg
Germany’s booming green collar jobs
the renewable-energy industry has been one of the biggest sources of new jobs in Germany in the past decade and has been boosting exports…..About 340,000 workers in Germany are employed in the making and installation of wind turbines, solar panels and other clean- energy equipment. That workforce has doubled since 2004,
Merkel’s Nuclear Embrace Earns Derision as German Clean-Power Costs Climb – Bloomberg , By Jeremy van Loon – Jan 5, 2011 “…………..Germany a green-power success story. It gets more than 17 percent of its electricity from wind turbines, solar arrays and other renewable resources, up from about 6 percent a decade ago, according to the German Renewable Energy Federation. Continue reading
Despite 10,000 police, protestors again halt German nuclear waste train
The authorities were estimated to have fielded 10,000 police to thwart the protests. The anti-nuclear movement argues that nuclear power is unsafe because there is no certain way of storing the waste for centuries and ensuring it does not pollute the environment.
Nuclear rail transport halted by protesters – Monsters and Critics, 17 Dec 10, Berlin – Protesters braved freezing cold and falling snow Thursday to interrupt the progress of a train carrying nuclear waste destined for a storage site on the coast of northern Germany….. Continue reading
“NO” to Germany as a “toilet for nuclear wastes”
They warned against Germany becoming a “nuclear toilet” or dumping ground for atomic waste.
Anti-nuclear protesters call Germany ‘nuclear toilet’ Deutsche Welle by Joanna Impey 11.12.2010 Demonstrators have gathered in the north-eastern German town of Greifswald to protest against the government’s nuclear policy ahead of another transport of nuclear waste from German and French research facilities.
Around 2,000 demonstrators gathered in the German town of Greifswald on Saturday ahead of next week’s planned nuclear-waste transport to the nearby storage facility in Lubmin. Continue reading
Faced with mass protests, Germany stops transport of nuclear waste to Russia
Demonstrators in Moscow rallied against the plans in August, citing the threat of “terrorist acts” and risk of forest fires leading to radioactive contamination.
Germany to extend nuclear power plants, but opposition continues
The opposition Social Democrats said on Friday that they would appeal the decision at Germany’s highest court. They argue that the government’s reasoning that the upper house does not have to give its approval for the bill, is unlawful.
Germany passes law on extending the lifespans of nuclear power plants by Nicole Goebel Deutsche Welle | 26.11.2010 A bill that would see the lifespans of Germany’s 17 nuclear power plants extended by 12 years was approved by the upper house of parliament on Friday despite strong opposition. Continue reading
Near German nuclear waste dump – higher cancer rates
Higher rates of cancer found in area near dilapidated nuclear waste dump Deutsche Welle | 26.11.2010 by Matt Zuvela, Holly Fox The Lower Saxony government has said those living near a dilapidated nuclear waste storage facility have higher rates of cancer. Men have twice the rate of leukemia and women have three times the rate of thyroid cancer. Continue reading
German govt to raise 3 billion euros from nuclear fuel tax
From Jan. 1 2011 through December 2016, a tax on nuclear fuel will bring an estimated EUR2.3 billion to the federal government.
German Upper House Passes Nuclear Fuel Tax – WSJ.com, By Beate Preuschoff, Dow Jones Newswires;NOVEMBER 26, 2010, BERLIN -Germany’s upper house of parliament Friday approved a new tax on nuclear fuel rods, part of a sweeping overhaul of the country’s atomic energy policy. Continue reading
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