Germantown community speaks out against solar panel facility proposal

GERMANTOWN, Wis. — A proposal for 35 acres in Germantown on Pioneer Road to become a solar power energy site was rejected by the plan commission after the community spoke out against it. The plan commission voted against the conditional use permit...

Experts: The key ‘unknowns’ of overshooting the 1.5°C global-warming limit

This hypothesised scenario would see global temperatures initially “overshoot” the Paris Agreement’s aspirational limit of 1.5°C, before they are brought back down through techniques that would remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.On the...

Apple announces major expansion of renewables investment across Europe

Apple has announced a major expansion of its renewables investment in Europe as part of efforts to cut the carbon footprint caused by customers powering and charging its devices. The tech giant is supporting several large-scale solar and wind...

Four observations from Germany’s 1-0 win against Northern Ireland

It might not have been the best performance we saw from Germany this year, but it was enough to get the important win in a hostile environment. Here are four observations on the match:Germany were not up for the first 20 minutesBut Northern...

German maker of biochar technology sets up office in Portland

Pyreg Inc., a German manufacturer of carbonization equipment used to produce “biochar” — a carbonized product with a variety of applications — has leased 360 square feet of office space in a 54,544-square-foot office and retail building at 565...

Germany back on World Cup track after win in Belfast

After a professional win at home against Luxembourg, Germany headed to Northern Ireland aiming to cement top spot. Head coach Julian Nagelsmann trusted the same team that won three days earlier, and they delivered. In front of a raucous home crowd...

A decade after Paris Agreement, climate deal tested by broken promises and rising heat

PARIS, Oct 14 — Climate cooperation is facing a reckoning. Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement, major polluters are wavering on action while the world fast approaches the deal’s safer warming limit. With climate change already causing...

Uncertainty clouds the new public funding landscape in Germany

INDUSTRY / MARKET Germany by Fabien Lemercier 13/10/2025 - The French-German Film Meetings highlighted the absence of concrete progress on tax incentives and investment obligations A moment from the round-table (© Robert Recker) Voted on at the...

‘World’s first’ vertical floating solar power plant commissioned in Germany

A German renewable energy solutions company has recently commissioned the world’s first vertical floating solar power plant, which has the potential to redefine how clean energy is generated from inland waters. The plant, located at the Jais...

German agency hands over water project in Aweil

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has handed over two solar-powered water yards in Aweil Centre County, Northern Bahr el-Ghazal State, the German agency said on Monday. The project, implemented in partnership with...

Germany launches €6bn decarbonisation programme

Germany: Economy Minister Katherina Reiche has announced a €6bn industrial decarbonisation initiative that, for the first time, includes carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies within the country’s climate protection contracts. The programme...

Germany supports access to safe water in NBGs’ Aweil

Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 2 hours ago Opening of the newly constructed water yard|Courtesy Aweil Centre County, Northern Bahr El Ghazal | October 13, 2025 — The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), on behalf of the...

Syrian–German cooperation to update Syria’s thermal insulation code for buildings

The National Energy Research Center at the Ministry of Energy signed a memorandum of understanding with the German company Iproplan and the University of Rostock on Monday, October 13, to train engineering staff and update Syria’s building thermal...

Acidic Tumor Environment Promotes Cancer Cell Survival and Growth

Tumors are not a comfortable place to live: oxygen deficiency, nutrient scarcity, and the accumulation of sometimes harmful metabolic products constantly stress cancer cells. A research team from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the...

Bureaucratic Climatism Stifles Europe’s Future

The current directive undergoing “simplification”, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D), mandates global supply chain sustainability and transparency disclosure rules for thousands of companies that do business in Europe....

Jordan kicks off Environmental and Social Framework for Water Projects

Ammon News - The Ministry of Water and Irrigation/Water Authority on Monday launched a new Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) for its projects, in cooperation with international partners and the German Development Bank (KfW). According to a...

Germany Joins Canadian Green Shipping Corridor Initiative

The initiative aims to promote the use of green fuels on routes between ports in eastern Canada and major global hubs. File Image / Pixabay Germany has signed on as the first partner in Canada's plan to develop green shipping corridors. An MoU was...

Germany launches ‘world’s first’ vertical floating solar power plant

German-based developer of floating renewable energy platform solutions SINN Power has commissioned what is described as the world’s first vertical floating photovoltaic (PV) system at the Jais gravel pit in the Starnberg district, Bavaria, marking...

SPD floats partial nationalisation as last resort to save Germany’s steel industry

Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) propose taking stakes in struggling steel companies as a last-resort measure to rescue the crisis-ridden industry and enable climate-neutral production, business daily Handelsblatt reports. “In order to secure...

Hamburg referendum backs more ambitious climate action, 2040 net-zero target

Hamburg voters have backed a citizen-led referendum that obliges Germany’s second largest city to step up climate action and reach climate neutrality by 2040, five years earlier than previously planned. 53 percent of voters in the Northern port...