Take pictures of unnecessary plastic packaging on products and send a pre-formulated email to the manufacturer
I have just tried it out. It works great and is very quick. I think the pre-formulated email is also very well done.
Sources:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuestegegenplastik.r
EEG levy and other government charges currently amount to 75% of the electricity price in Germany, according to a report by Spiegel.
Last change: Isolde Moussot 01.04.2021
If the price of electricity rises, it is not because of renewable energies, but because of the EEG Act and the EEG levy.
Sources:
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/service/bundesrechnungshof-warnt-vor
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=837
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=824
https://www.bundesrechnungshof.de/de/presse-service/pressemitteilungen
Further links:
https://energiewende.eu/zwanzig-jahre-energiewende-die-geschichte-des-
Floods in Tennessee, USA
At least 4 dead. A rainfall total of 7.01 inches fell at Nashville International Airport from Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. That's the second-highest two-day rainfall total there in history, cnn.com reports.
Sources:
https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-03/28/mehrere-tote-bei-ueberschwemmungen
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/weather/2021/03/28/ ...
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/29/us/nashville-flooding-monday/index.html
Devastation and at least 6 deaths from numerous tornadoes in Georgia and Alabama USA
Last change: Isolde Moussot 30.03.2021
At least 6 dead. Thousands have lost their homes.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/us/tornadoes-southeast.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/tornado-strikes-overnight-in-newnan-geor
Storing surplus wind energy to supply a whole village with hot water and local heating
This future-proof technology is threatened with extinction because of the EEG Act!
Last change: Isolde Moussot 25.03.2021
With a heat storage system powered by wind energy, the village of Nechlin in Brandenburg, Germany, ,can be completely supplied with local heating and hot water. Instead of shutting down wind turbines on windy days because more electricity is produced than is needed,
Sources:
https://enertrag.com/windwaerme
https://www.rbb24.de/studiofrankfurt/wirtschaft/2020/06/energiedorf-wi
https://www.energie-und-management.de/nachrichten/erneuerbare/detail/w
Further links:
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=824
7.0 magnitude earthquake off Japan
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/keine-schaeden-in-atomruine-von-fuk
A tidal wave of 1m height has reached Japan. Afterwards, the tsunami warning was lifted.
Sources:
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/keine-schaeden-in-atomruine-von-fuk
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/katastrophen/id_89694168/
Volcanic eruption in Iceland
Fagradalsfjall was inactive for 900 years
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/19/iceland-volcano-eruption
After 40,000 earthquakes in the last 4 weeks, the Fagradalsfjall volcano near Reykjavik erupts for the first time after 900 years of inactivity.
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/19/iceland-volcano-eruption
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/world/iceland-volcano/index.html
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/vulkanausbruch-nahe-islands-hauptsta
https://twitter.com/Vedurstofan/status/1373058512553656321?s=09
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/island-vulkan-fagradalsfjall
Further links:
Floods and tornadoes in NSW, Australia
More than 400 mm of rain on the east coast of Australia causes severe flooding. More rain is forecast until Saturday.
Sources:
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/ungluecke/hunderte-menschen-f
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/ozeanien/australien-ueberschwemmunge
Another eruption from Etna volcano
It is a series of more than 12 outbreaks in a short period of time.
Sources:
https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/der-aetna-spuckt-wieder-lava-und-asche-und
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/aetna-ausbruch-schwefeldioxid-und-
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Vulkanausbrüche zeitnah in vielen Erdteilen
https://weather.com/de-DE/wissen/umwelt/news/2021-03-06-unheimliche-se
Last change: Isolde Moussot 08.03.2021
Der Ätna in Italien, Merapi auf Java, Sinabung auf Sulawesi, und Pacaya in Guatemala gleich 3 mal in kurzer Zeit.
Sources:
https://weather.com/de-DE/wissen/umwelt/news/2021-03-06-unheimliche-se
2.428 billion euros in compensation payments for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants are to be paid to the operators
By the end of 2022 at the latest, the last nuclear power plant in Germany will be taken off the grid. In return, energy companies will receive compensation payments: 1.425 billion euros to Vattenfall, 880 million euros to RWE, 80 million euros to EnBW and 42.5 million euros to E.ON/PreussenElektra.
Sources:
https://www.bmu.de/pressemitteilung/bundesregierung-und-energieversorg
Further links:
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=828
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertrag_%C3%BCber_die_Energiecharta
https://www.wetter.de/cms/energiecharta-vertrag-vattenfall-verklagt-un
The strongest earthquake occurred near the Kermadec Islands, about 800 kilometres northeast of New Zealand's North Island. There is a tsumami danger. Residents are asked to move to higher ground.
Sources:
Livevideo East Coast New Zealand
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/katastrophen/id_89590964/
https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/staerke-7-3-tsunami-warnung-nach-sc
Further links:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Erdbeben_in_Neuseeland