Australia hit by devastating forest fires
The affected area is almost 1 million hectares
150 houses fell victim to the flames, at least 3 people lost their lives, 100 were injured, including 20 firemens. Now the fire is near Sydney.
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http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/australien-255.html
https://www.heise.de/tp/news/Australien-Einzigartige-Waldbraende-45847
A tornado, storm and torrential rain in the south of Italy
In Matera and Metapontino, a storm with torrential rainfall led to flooding. In Policoro there was a tornado.
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India, Delhi is currently suffering from air pollution
which is 7 times higher than the limit rated there as harmless
The inhalable lethal particles PM2.5 fine dust are 418 µg/m3. The WHO classifies 10 µg/m3 as harmless
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/watch-delhi-is-choking-agai
https://www.swr.de/abgasalarm/suedwesten-im-feinstaub-check/-/id=18988
Uniper, a German energy group, is considering legal action against the Netherlands
because they've decided to drop the coal
http://www.finanztreff.de/news/uniper-bereitet-kohleausstiegs-klage-ge
RWE is also considering a lawsuit, but wants to wait and see and negotiate with the Netherlands.
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http://www.finanztreff.de/news/uniper-bereitet-kohleausstiegs-klage-ge
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/uniper-will-niederl
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Thunderstorms with large amounts of rain have led to enormous flooding. There is danger of epidemic. The German daily Tagesschau reports that at least 10 people have died
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/270-000-displaced-deadly-somali
http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/somalia-ueberflutung-101.html
Youtubevideo about in english language
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Ways out of the age of fossil energies
Niko Peach shares his thoughts on structural change and stopping climate change
In the article there are good approaches for a way towards a good climate and these are a good discussion basis for the way we should go in the future to prevent the climate catastrophe.
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https://www.nzz.ch/international/nico-paech-dann-geht-in-gottes-namen-
In June 2019, the Indian billionaire Adani obtained permission to operate the world's largest coal mine
received from the Australian government
Despite years of protests by the population, including the Aborigines, the indigenous people of Australia. The coal mine is located near the Great Barrier Reef. Environmentalists fear that the Great Barrier Reef, which is already threatened by global warming, is now also
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https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/australien-die-groe
https://www.zeit.de/feature/great-barrier-reef-kohle-energiepolitik
https://www.dw.com/de/sie-werden-unser-land-verschwinden-lassen-aborig
https://www.stopadani.com/why_stop_adani
https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/infoline_nt/wirtschaft_nt/articl
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=435
https://www.klimareporter.de/international/australische-mega-kohlemine
https://www.dw.com/de/genehmigung-f%C3%BCr-umstrittenes-kohlebergwerk-
Microplastic filter invented for washing machine
by a 15-year-old teenager from Friedberg, Germany
https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/jugendliche-aus-friedberg-erfinde
Last change: Isolde Moussot 03.11.2019
The filter reliably filters microfibres from the waste water of the washing machine.
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https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/jugendliche-aus-friedberg-erfinde
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js_MgelT8dI
https://www.mittellaendische.ch/2019/08/28/15-j%C3%A4hrige-erfindet-mi
Bauxite mining displaces people from their homeland in Guinea
World Bank sued by village
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/guinea-ein-dorf-verklagt-die-weltbank.7
What remains is destroyed, useless land.
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https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/guinea-ein-dorf-verklagt-die-weltbank.7
Robert Murraym's largest coal company in the USA files for bankruptcy
And is thus the eighth in the USA in only 12 months
Because of the booming renewable energies and frackinggas in the U.S., one coal company after another goes bankrupt. With that of Robert Morray now already 8 coal enterprises in the USA are in the last 12 months broke. Unfortunately fracking natural gas is a very large danger for our climate
Sources:
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/kohleindustrie-groe
https://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/11582659-abgrund-grosse-koh
https://www.rf-news.de/2019/kw36/zugblockade-wenn-ihr-nicht-zahlt-blei
Further links:
https://www.haz.de/Sonntag/Top-Thema/Was-von-der-Kohle-uebrig-bleibt-S
https://www.zeit.de/2016/13/rwe-usa-kohle-minen-sprengung-bergbau/seit