There have been many wildlife accidents on the Rheinhessen Autobahn 61 and 63 over the weekend. A woman was slightly injured. As reported by the Gau-Bickelheim motorway police, a driver was driving on the A63 towards Kaiserslautern on Saturday afternoon when a deer suddenly ran onto the road near Erbes-Büdesheim (Alzey-Worms district). The motorist slowed … Read more
“Eco-Terrorists”, “Neglected Children”, “Nothing in the Bulb”. Insults and hate comments against the activist group “Last Generation” are piling up online. Already on Monday we reported on the sit-in protest on the B31. Some activists from the group “Last Generation” had their hands taped to the street. An ambulance had to free her from the … Read more
Thousands of years ago, hippos swam in the Rhine. This has now been discovered by a research team that also includes scientists from the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim. The “Upper Rhine Rift Ice Age Window” project has shown that the animals swam in the Rhine around 30,000 years ago, and numerous bones were examined for … Read more
The climate protection initiative “Grandmas for Future” Bad Kreuznach cycles with around 1,000 climate bands to Mainz. You are part of a rally to Berlin. On the colored ribbons have the “Grandmas for Future “in the Bad Kreuznach district collected the climate wishes of the citizens in the past weeks. “More animal welfare”, “speed limit … Read more
Where does most of the microplastics come from? Drinking straws, disposable dishes and bags are hotly debated politically, but the abrasion of car tires is far more problematic. Download audio (5.6 MB | MP3) In total, around 100,000 tons of microplastics are produced in Germany every year. They have Federal Institutes for Hydrology and for … Read more
A lot of rubbish accumulates on river banks. Once a year, things are cleaned up on a grand scale, with the so-called Rhine CleanUp. This year the campaign also took place on the Moselle. Tens of thousands used the good weather on Saturday to clean up the banks of the Rhine, Ruhr and Moselle. From … Read more
700 euros – that’s how much less wastewater charges you pay in Worms than in Potsdam. The Nibelungenstadt has now been awarded for this. But how do you explain the considerable price differences? According to the ranking, a family of four in Worms pays around 240 euros a year for wastewater disposal – first place. … Read more
The trees in the Schwetzingen palace gardens are in great danger. Climate change is to blame, the administration says. That is why she is now calling out an emergency as an alarm signal. Castle garden administration announces climate emergency Climate emergency in the Schwetzingen palace garden: According to experts, the tree population is under acute … Read more
The new multimedia “Klima-Arena” in Sinsheim (Rhein-Neckar-Kreis) was inaugurated on Monday. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) explained why Germany has a duty when it comes to climate. Duration 2:30 min Broadcast date Mon, 7/10/2019 Airtime 19:30 o’clock Channel SWR television BW – Learn to understand climate change in a playful and multimedia way In the new … Read more
In Neuenburg (district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald), a 500-kilogram aerial bomb was defused on Sunday. To do this, around 1,800 people had to leave their homes temporarily. Bomb defused in Neuchâtel On Sunday, an aerial bomb was defused in Neuenburg (district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald). The evacuation previously took place because of the corona virus under special conditions. For … Read more