Criticism of lignite follow-up costs - change of course demanded
Civil society organizations are pushing for a change of course regarding the follow-up costs of lignite. They fear that taxpayers could be faced with billions in clean-up costs.
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Civil society organizations are pushing for a change of course regarding the follow-up costs of lignite. They fear that taxpayers could be faced with billions in clean-up costs.
According to preliminary monitoring results, there are 34 wolf packs, 5 wolf pairs and 2 territorial individuals in Saxony. The wolf population is still concentrated in eastern Saxony.
Preliminary results show that 34 wolf packs, 5 wolf pairs and 2 territorial individuals live in Saxony. The focus is on eastern Saxony.
The second EU-wide day of remembrance for the victims of the climate crisis emphasizes the urgency of climate protection measures and commemorates the victims worldwide.
In Saxony, 18 municipalities are taking part in the city cycling campaign, with Leipzig and Dresden among the oldest. Saxony is looking into funding for the participation fees.
Cycling as many distances as possible for 21 days - that's what the city cycling campaign is all about. In Saxony, participation is comparatively low. The organizers see one reason for this.
Nature conservation in the Dauban Forest is making progress. An area on the site of the former NVA military training area is to be left entirely to nature.
The Asian hornet is feared as a bee predator. While it is spreading in other federal states, it has not yet been sighted in Saxony. A question of time?
A new master plan prescribes steps towards climate neutrality for the state administration in Bavaria. This affects the energy supply and the vehicle fleets of the various departments, for example.
A new master plan prescribes steps towards climate neutrality for the state administration in Bavaria. This affects, for example, the energy supply and the vehicle fleets of the various departments.
The risk of forest fires has increased throughout Saxony compared to the weekend. There is a medium risk in large parts of the state, but two areas are in the high risk zone.
Whether gravel, sand or natural stone - Saxony is rich in raw materials that are needed for construction projects. Nevertheless, the industry is warning of shortages and rising prices. What are the reasons?
The Free State of Saxony will continue to support nature conservation-friendly pond farming in Saxony in 2024 with three million euros from EU and state funds. The money will go to 84 farms and a pond area of 7859 hectares as well as nature conservation associations - mainly in ponds with fish produ ..
The hairs of the oak processionary moth cause itching, sometimes even breathing difficulties. The butterfly species is on the increase in warm regions of Saxony.
As Artistic Director of Oper Leipzig, Tobias Wolff wants to pay particular attention to the topic of sustainability. Year after year, his opera house wants to earn a certificate to this effect.
Saxony makes it easier for districts to acquire nature conservation areas through pre-emption rights and lowers the minimum age for voluntary work in nature conservation to 16.
Building mud huts, weaving wicker baskets, listening to birdsong: Children and young people from Saxony got involved as "Young Nature Guards" on Saturday.
By next year, the mother-of-pearl and local history museum in Vogtland is to be expanded into an experience center. Interested visitors will be able to learn more about the production of mother-of-pearl products.
The topping-out ceremony for the expansion of the "Perlmutter" adventure center was celebrated in Adorf (Vogtlandkreis). The project aims to attract tourists and revitalize the town.
The bark beetle situation in Saxony's forests remains tense. The early swarming of the bark beetles due to the warm weather at the end of March was unfavorable.
The bark beetle situation in Saxony's forests remains tense, with up to three generations this year and a slight increase in wood infestation.
The bark beetle situation in Saxony's forests remains tense. Warm weather favors reproduction. Water supply to the trees has a positive effect.
Saxony's Environment Minister Wolfram Günther welcomes the continuation of the repair bonus and emphasizes its success for the environment and climate.
Poland concedes defeat before EU court in dispute over Turow opencast lignite mine. Judge allows penalty payment to be offset against Polish claims.
The environmental association BUND has warned of serious consequences for climate and nature conservation due to the rise of populist parties. Europe is at a crossroads with the elections on June 9. "Democracy, the existence of the EU and the possibility of effective environmental protection would b ..
Saxon fruit and wine growers receive no financial aid from the general budget of the Free State following immense frost damage. Ministry of Finance confirms lack of opportunities.
Saxony's Environment Minister holds out the prospect of aid for affected fruit and wine growers after frost damage caused immense damage.
The poisonous spring ragwort is spreading in Saxony, state office recommends combating it. Plant contains harmful substances.
Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer criticizes the G7's agreement to phase out coal by 2035 and warns of the costs and impact on Germany's competitiveness.
The number of endangered white-tailed eagles in Saxony has been increasing for years, especially in Upper Lusatia.
Superfluous and harmful to the environment or necessary in terms of security of supply? The Rügen liquefied natural gas terminal is controversial. A federal court has now ruled against the connection.
Thanks to many volunteers, more than 700,000 new trees have been planted in Saxony since 2022. A good 5,000 people have taken part in the Forest Championship campaign so far, the initiators announced on Sunday. The initiative of the Forest for Saxony Foundation, the image campaign of the Free State ..
The highest wind turbine in Central Saxony with a height of 246.6 meters and an output of 5560 kilowatts is in operation. It supplies more than 4600 households with renewable energy.
The bark beetle season has started early in Saxony, forest owners should act now.
The grazing season begins in Saxony. This also increases the risk of wolf attacks. How can livestock owners protect themselves?
A milky haze clouded the sky and sun in many places over the Easter weekend, including Saxony. The desert sand blown north from the Sahara by the wind made for bad air - but not alone.
Environmental organizations give tips for environmentally friendly Easter bonfires and warn of the negative effects on animals and the environment.
From 2035, no more new cars with combustion engines are to be registered in the EU. But the decision is being shaken.
Examination of an alternative flight corridor for noise protection for neighboring communities at Leipzig/Halle Airport. DFS instructed to shift departure procedures to the east.
Around 20 lynx are to be released into the wild in Saxony by 2027. The first two animals have now made a start.
The wolf is strictly protected in Germany. It has only been native again for a good 30 years, but is spreading rapidly. Livestock farmers are concerned about this, as sheep and goats are also prey.
The municipalities of Lusatia want to score points with an initiative as the first climate-neutral model region. They have applied to the EU in Brussels for this. The alliance sees many advantages in this.
After a storm at the end of last year left damage in the forests of the district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains, experts fear further negative effects from the bark beetle. The district announced in Pirna on Wednesday that the dead wood that had been felled served as a suitable breeding ..
The Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw has postponed its verdict in the case of the controversial Turów opencast mine to March 13. The reason given was the illness of a judge, the city of Zittau announced on Wednesday. The background to the proceedings is a complaint by the town of Zittau in ..
Leading left-wing politicians are calling for more support for the German solar industry in order to prevent the closure of sites in eastern Germany.
The bees still have three weeks of calendar winter to get through. Then they will have overcome their biggest threat for the time being: the Varroa mite.
A citizens' initiative has failed in its attempt to prevent two energy projects south of Leipzig. The referendum on the "Green Power Park" and "Kleinzössen Energy Park" projects in Neukieritzsch was negative.
The consequences of climate change on land and at sea are increasingly changing the ecosystem in the Wadden Sea. New study shows unprecedented changes.
Following the rejection of the development plan for the Tesla expansion in Grünheide, the municipality is looking for solutions. Communication and timetable as decisive factors.
Warsaw Voivodeship Administrative Court rules on the environmental impact of the Turów opencast mine following a complaint by the town of Zittau.
A green power park with a data center, green hydrogen production and battery storage is being built on the site of a former briquette factory.
Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) is optimistic that an agreement can still be reached in the coalition dispute over the EU Supply Chain Act.
"My friend, the tree": the song by singer Alexandra became a cult song at the end of the 1960s. Even decades later, trees are still dependent on human support - especially in the coming weeks.
The Elbe flood reaches its peak on Wednesday and then recedes again.
Say goodbye to the throwaway society: in Saxony, the response to the so-called repair bonus - the financial help for consumers to repair televisions, radios and other devices - has been great. Since the start of the funding in November 2023, 1683 applications have already been approved and around 17 ..
Researchers from the Czech Agricultural University in Prague have discovered the oldest known beech tree in the Czech part of the Ore Mountains. The beech is over 470 years old and stands on the slopes of Jansky Vrch (Johannesberg) near Jezeri Castle.
A study by the State Environment Agency shows that fish from the Elbe are only slightly contaminated with pollutants.
Last year, more than 100 million euros were invested in the maintenance of Saxony's state dams, flood protection and river maintenance.
The Elbe flood level continues to rise and will reach the same level as shortly before the turn of the year.
So far, Saxony only has an environmental zone in the city of Leipzig. Now the European Union wants to tighten the limit values for air pollutants. This could possibly make such zones necessary in other cities as well.
Never before have the first salmon returned to Saxony as late as this year. The State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology announced on Friday that it was only on Wednesday that the first impressive salmon was caught during routine monitoring in the Lachsbach stream near Bad Schandau. ..
In 2022, a total of 395 kilograms of waste per inhabitant was generated in Saxony - a reduction of 38 kilograms compared to the previous year.
The flooding of the post-mining lakes in the Lusatian lignite mining region continued in 2023 with more water than in previous years.
According to the state government, Saxony's forests remain a permanent patient. "There is no all-clear in Saxony's forests. Their condition remains poor and continues to be a cause for concern. The climate crisis and bark beetle are leaving deep wounds," said Forestry Minister Wolfram Günther (Green ..
Cell phone broken, washing machine not turning? Anyone who has this problem fixed can now receive a repair bonus in Saxony. Dozens of applications are received every day.
Cell phone broken, washing machine not turning? Anyone who has this problem fixed can now receive a repair bonus in Saxony. Dozens of applications are received every day.
The federally owned Wismut has completed the remediation of one of the largest uranium mining contaminated sites in Saxony. Over the past 30 years, around 300 million euros have been invested in the preservation of the Helmsdorf industrial tailings management facility on the outskirts of Zwickau.
Energy companies such as RWE are to receive billions from the state to phase out coal. Is this in line with competition law? Yes, according to the EU Commission - at least with regard to one company.
Saxony has demanded clarity for its own coalfields following the EU Commission's decision to compensate the energy company RWE. "The one-sided decision in favor of the compensation payment for RWE is a disappointment from Saxony's point of view. One gets the impression that the federal government is ..
A funding dispute between the federal government and the states of Saxony and Thuringia regarding the costs of cleaning up environmental damage caused by former GDR state-owned companies remains unresolved at the Federal Constitutional Court. The highest German court rejected applications by the two ..
Federal states that are particularly affected want to make it possible to shoot wolves more quickly at the start of the 2024 grazing season with uniform state ordinances. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Environment Minister Till Backhaus (SPD) announced corresponding talks in Münster on Friday. The ..
Electric cars from Saxony are now on the road in the service of the Holy See. This week, two ID.3 vehicles were handed over to Pope Francis. Both were manufactured in the Transparent Factory in Dresden, a spokesperson for Volkswagen Saxony said on Thursday in response to a question. The majority of ..
The expansion of solar installations has increased even more this year than in previous years. According to data from the comparison portal for solar installations "Selfmade Energy", the growth rate in the first nine months of the year was already 30 percent in Saxony-Anhalt, 31.4 percent in Thuring ..
The warm autumn is causing concern among Saxon forestry experts with regard to the bark beetle population. There is a high risk that the pests will survive the winter unscathed and infest new trees in the coming year, the state enterprise Saxony Forest announced on Monday. Therefore, bark beetle tre ..
For a long-term stabilization of the water balance in Lusatia with the coal phase-out, the Alliance Greens in Brandenburg, Saxony and Berlin demand a series of measures from the federal and state governments.
The energy company Leag has built a 17-megawatt solar park in Böhlen together with EP New Energies GmbH.
In the dispute over a private forest plot for the expansion of the Nochten open-cast lignite mine, the Saxon Upper Mining Authority heard Monday. "It is madness to still expropriate land for lignite mining," said the federal chairman of the Green League, René Schuster, before the start of the hearin ..
The Federal Administrative Court will announce a decision Thursday on a ban on the sale of wines containing residues of an unapproved insecticide.
The lignite producer Mibrag wants to develop into an energy service provider based on renewable energies. To this end, among other things, a 90-megawatt electrolyzer for the production of green hydrogen is to be built at the Profen site in the Burgenland district, the state chancellery announced in ..
To save Leipzig's floodplain forest, the city and the Free State of Saxony are tackling a new nature conservation project. By November, a so-called project outline should be submitted to the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, said Environment Minister Wolfram Günther on Tuesday. With the suppor ..
The mayors of eastern German cities see the Germany ticket from 2024 before the end. The reason is enormous additional costs for public transport in the coming years, for which the federal government has so far refused to provide financial compensation, Leipzig's mayor Burkhard Jung (SPD) said on Tu ..
Small, dark purple, subtle flavor - because of their vitamins, chokeberry berries are considered a superfood. The fruit is grown on a good 170 hectares in Saxony. Expectations for the 2023 vintage are good - but there are still problems.
The Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) criticizes the Harley-Davidson meeting in Dresden. The event with high exhaust pollution seems out of time in an overheated city.
Actives, officials and fans of 24 sports clubs planted more than 10,000 trees in Saxon forests last week. At a total of five locations, more than 600 people put seedlings in the ground, as the state chancellery announced in Dresden on Wednesday. Among them were also Bundesliga teams such as RB Leipz ..
Saxon counties and independent cities are to receive one million euros each on Friday as funding for the energy transition. The so-called "climate millions" are allocations for investments in the areas of climate protection, energy transition and climate adaptation, announced the Saxon Energy Minist ..
Four supporters of the climate protection group Last Generation pasted on the doors to the plenary hall of the state parliament building in Dresden on Saturday. They attached nine posters on which Article 20a of the Basic Law was printed to the windows with glue, a police spokesman said. The activis ..