State raises more than 1 billion euros with sale of CO2 rights | Economy

State raises more than 1 billion euros with sale of CO2 rights |  Economy

In 2022, the Dutch government raised more than 1 billion euros for the first time with the sale of CO2 rights. The Netherlands auctioned just over fourteen million so-called emission allowances for more than 1.13 billion euros. This is evident from the auction monitor of the Dutch Emissions Authority (NEa), which auctions the allowances on … Read more

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council held a Spring Festival group meeting. Xi Jinping delivered a speech-China Meteorological Administration Government Portal

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council held a Spring Festival group meeting. Xi Jinping delivered a speech On behalf of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, I would like to extend New Year greetings to the people of all ethnic groups in the country, to the … Read more

Climate activists warm up in Davos ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum

Climate activists warm up in Davos ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum

Climate activists revving up in Davos. On the eve of the start of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in the Swiss city, the Strike WEF collective criticized its policies, for not providing, in its opinion, solutions to current problems, such as the climate catastrophe. The number of simultaneous crises we are dealing … Read more

Technology Transfer Center for Electromobility Würzburg-Schweinfurt gets going

Technology Transfer Center for Electromobility Würzburg-Schweinfurt gets going

First dissertations in the field of battery systems defended in Barcelona Am Technology Transfer Center for Electromobility (TTZ-EMO) at the Technical University of Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS) For the first time, two employees were able to do a cooperative doctorate at the Spanish Polytechnic University of Catalonia earn a PhD in battery systems. The scientific staff Dr. … Read more

ExxonMobil has known for decades that the global warming is caused by the oil industry | climate

ExxonMobil has known for decades that the global warming is caused by the oil industry |  climate

The American oil company ExxonMobil has known since the 1970s that the use of fossil fuels leads to global warming. Nevertheless, the company repeatedly tried to raise doubts about the harmful effects on the climate. Scientists write this in the renowned scientific journal Science. ExxonMobil had climate models made for the years 1977 through 2003, … Read more

GISMETEO: Scientists have discovered over 100 secret passages in the Great Wall of China – Science and space

GISMETEO: Scientists have discovered over 100 secret passages in the Great Wall of China – Science and space

Scientists have identified 130 secret doors in the Great Wall of China. They examined the relic using high-resolution imaging, which allowed them to study details as small as 1 cm. © shutterstock.com It turned out that the identified passages were well “embedded” in the local terrain, due to which they managed to make them secret. … Read more