UN climate talks in Bonn ended today without the progress needed to secure agreement at the Paris COP in December - shortly after the G7 issued aspirational climate promises devoid of action, and heedless of warnings that Germany is already suffering the impacts of climate change.
… Germany takes the heat as climate talks close … progress Oliver Tickell | 11th June 2015 News Germany Politics Climate Change Renewables … of action, and heedless of warnings that Germany is already suffering the impacts of …
An Emergency Ordinance comes into force in Germany today that extends the EU's ban on 'neonic' pesticides to protect bees. But the UK's farming minister Liz Truss has relaxed the ban to allow farmers to use neonics on 30,000 hectares of oilseed rape.
… Bee cause: Germany tightens, UK relaxes neonic regulation … News Farming Toxics Regulation Politics UK Germany Science Bees bee-dandelion-cut.jpg An Emergency Ordinance comes into force in Germany today that extends the EU's ban on …
The UK's troubled Hinkley C nuclear power station faces a legal challenge from Germany's biggest energy co-op, which claims that the subsidy package will distort energy markets across Europe and disadvantage renewable generators and vendors.
… Tickell | 5th March 2015 News Nuclear UK Germany EU Economics Law … power station faces a legal challenge from Germany's biggest energy co-op, which claims … an effect on prices at the power exchange in Germany as well" , says Sönke Tangermann, …
As Germany attempts to abandon nuclear power, one small town has successfully overcome industry intimidation and begun its own post-nuclear age
… | 9th May 2011 News Nuclear Renewable Energy Germany electricgrid.jpg An energy giant's … as the town of Schonau set up its own grid As Germany attempts to abandon nuclear power, one … all pre-1980’s plants until early June. Germany’s plans to exit nuclear power follow …
Chemical giant Bayer has failed in its attempt to sue Friends of the Earth Germany over its claims that its pesticide Thiacloprid harms bees. Now pressure is growing on the EU to add the neonicotinoid to the three already banned.
… Oliver Tickell | 12th March 2015 News Law Germany UK EU Farming Toxics Corporations … in its attempt to sue Friends of the Earth Germany over its claims that its pesticide … in its attempt to sue Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) over its claims that two of its …
Austria today filed its legal challenge to the UK's €108 billion support package for the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, writes Oliver Tickell. A second such challenge at the European Court is due from green energy suppliers in Germany and Austria who fear unfair competition from subsidised nuclear power in Poland, Czech and Hungary if the Hinkley C precedent stands.
… July 2015 Activism Energy Law UK EU Austria Germany Nuclear Renewables dukovany-cut.jpg … Court is due from green energy suppliers in Germany and Austria who fear unfair … energy suppliers and municipal utilities from Germany, and Austria are to file their own …
With the deadline for EU countries who wish to ban genetically GM crops drawing near, writes Oliver Tickell, Poland is the latest to register with the European Commission to go GM-free. Now the division of the EU into pro and anti-GM zones may test the single market beyond its limits.
… France, Germany, Poland ... ten European nations to go … modified (GM) crops. It joins France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Greece, …
Perplexed by today's sharp cuts in solar power and other attacks on renewable energy in the UK? Don't be, writes Oliver Tickell. Really, it all makes perfect sense. You just have to understand their real purpose: to keep your energy bills high, along with power company profits. And never mind the 'green crap'!
… Smith writes on The Ecologist , "research in Germany and Spain has found that these cost … course, is exactly the phenomenon we see in Germany today, with prices often going close … is much more expensive than in Denmark and Germany, as Andrew ZP Smith writes . How so? …
The latest text of the Paris Agreement on climate change published today sets 1.5C as its 'long term temperature goal', half a degree lower than previously agreed. It's a big victory for poor 'climate vulnerable' countries - and a blow for Saudi Arabia.
… Climate Change Politics Saudi Arabia France Germany USA Finance fossil-of-the-day-cut.jpg … transformational summit. We salute France and Germany and call for more countries to join in … for his country. Wealthy nations - including Germany, France and now the United States - …
China has now overtaken the European Union as the largest new market for solar power, writes Paul Brown - as solar PV becomes one of the world's fastest growing industries - and one that's sure to keep on getting cheaper!
… panels since 2008. Europe, and particularly Germany and Italy, led the way in solar … of total electricity supply increases, as in Germany and Italy "new technical and … with increased investments - well ahead of Germany at €7.5billion. Japan recorded the …
While mainstream media promulgate a fictitious message of Russian threats in the Baltic, Vladimir Putin's next big play lies far to the south, writes Oliver Tickell. The gross intransigence of the EU, the IMF, the European Central Bank and Germany are forcing Greece into a powerful new economic and energy alliance with Russia that will reshape Europe - and for the better.
… EU, the IMF, the European Central Bank and Germany are forcing Greece into a powerful new … EU finance ministers. It's not looking good: Germany has already stated that the Greek … undermine the European institutions except if Germany's aim is to dissolve the European …
Supporters of Greece's fight for sovereignty are unanimous in blaming the evil troika for its humiliating defeat, writes Oliver Tickell. But the real fault is with Syriza for their needless, shameful surrender. Now, as the real battle begins, we must hold firm with the Greek people against neoliberal occupation.
… Tickell | 14th July 2015 Comment Greece Germany EU Finance Politics Economics … claim for €320 billion in reparations from Germany for the loans it was forced to make to … against the new neoliberal occupation, with Germany once again at its helm, to which …
An ambitious plan to make a wholly renewable energy system cheaper than fossil fuels within a decade has been launched today and is set to receive its first hearing at the G7 Summit in Germany next week.
… receive its first hearing at the G7 Summit in Germany next week. An ambitious 'Apollo' plan … agenda for next week's meeting of the G7 in Germany. "Carbon-free energy must rapidly …
World leaders are meeting in New York today to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change, write Stephen Buranyi & Oliver Tickell. But the world just failed a big test of its commitment to the Paris targets by deadlocking on IMO proposals to limit emissions from international shipping.
… and initially backed by Belgium, France, Germany, Morocco, and the Solomon Islands, … has a carbon footprint roughly the size of Germany, but at that rate it could grow to …
Theresa May's party made a commitment to delivering the lowest cost power in Europe. The Conservatives also promised utter impartiality in deciding between power generation technologies. So how can it now justify a pro-nuclear energy policy that could cost each household £12,600? OLIVER TICKELL investigates
… wind costs even less: contracts awarded in Germany in May went as low as €42.80 / MWh … wholesale power market price. And in October, Germany's solar auction delivered bids as low …
Europe's new targets for carbon emissions and renewable energy are severely retrograde and fly in the face of both science and economics. They will endanger climate and retard the renewable energy revolution.
… likely to see a scenario where countries like Germany that take a long term perspective … energy - and let all the economic gains go to Germany, Denmark and other high ambition … energy - and let all the economic gains go to Germany, Denmark and other high ambition …
The fossil fuel industry and its political backers have been left reeling by an unprecedented series of direct action strikes against targets across the country to protest at continuing investment in and official support for fossil fuels, inaction over fuel poverty and the systematic neglect of renewable energy despite the global climate emergency.
… who control the UK's energy supply, owned by Germany's RWE, one of the EU's biggest fossil … owning a huge open cast coal mines in Germany. The profit of the 6 biggest UK energy … doing this in solidarity with our friends in Germany, occupying and defending the last …
The REN21 Renewables 2018 Global Status Report was published this week. Britain leads the world only in the amount it has cut investment in solar and wind energy. And state subsidies to oil and gas continue to distort the market slow progress to clean energy. OLIVER TICKELL reports
… offshore wind is now so cheap that tenders in Germany and the Netherlands in 2017 attracted … with a massive 65 percent cut, followed by Germany (35 percent), Japan (28 percent) and …
The UK government and its Chancellor George Osborne are grossly misleading the public over the relative costs of renewable energy and nuclear power, writes Oliver Tickell. Osborne's claim that nuclear is the 'cheapest low carbon technology' is the very reverse of the truth. He and his nuclear plans must be stopped.
… set out in June by Andrew ZP Smith of UCL. In Germany, wind farms are being built for … and security. This is why both Denmark and Germany have strong wind supply chains, and …
The government is due to announce a £250 million support package for 'small modular reactors' his week, just as the price of wind and solar power contracts fall 10% below UK wholesale prices. OLIVER TICKELL argues that the Britain's 'civilian' nuclear power expenditure is actually a camouflaged subsidy to the UK's Trident nuclear missile system.
… wind is even cheaper : contracts awarded in Germany in May reached another new low of … than current UK wholesale power prices. And Germany's latest solar auction, a few days …
Greece's economic woes will never be solved by merely moving money around the banking system, writes Oliver Tickell. The lasting solution is to restore native forests to her barren hills and mountains, invest in large-scale solar power to energise Europe, and create an examplar of sustainable development for our global future.
… of high voltage DC power links all the way to Germany and beyond. By using 'concentrated … hydro to serve local communities. Amazingly, Germany is currently planning to finance half … From the EU and its member states, especially Germany, from the European Central Bank, from …
The effect of wind and solar generation in the UK is to push down wholesale power prices, writes Oliver Tickell, taking over £1.5 billion off our bills in 2014 - that's 58% of the subsidies paid to renewable generators. Keep it up and the benefit will rise to over 100% of cost.
… been observed in other countries including Germany. The result is to more than halve the …