After Grünheide residents voted against an expansion of the Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin, activists from across Germany set up camp in a wooded area near the company's car factory on Wednesday night.
Many passengers will suffer bus and train delays and cancellations this week as public transport strikes sweep the country. But employees say these strikes are needed to improve working conditions. The Local speaks with a Berlin bus driver about union workers’ demands.
According to Germany’s new heating law, many newly installed heating systems need to be powered primarily with renewable energy - but there are also hefty state subsidies on offer for eco-friendly heaters.
A new German subsidy scheme to help industrial producers decarbonize their processes may bring broader benefits for the German economy, such as keeping key-players in Germany and adding jobs.
A new study suggests that ocean currents in the Atlantic could be stopped by climate change, which would have huge impacts on weather in northern and western Europe.
Following a referendum in Paris to triple parking fees for non-resident SUVs, politicians and environmental groups in Germany have been calling for a similar increase. How likely is this in a country known for its love of cars?
A recent announcement from the United States on liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals has stoked fears that Germany could lose its top provider of gas. But is Germany’s energy supply really at risk?Â
German emissions were at their lowest point in around 70 years, as Europe's largest economy managed to reduce its dependence on coal faster than expected, a study published Thursday showed.
Germany's governing coalition has been working on plans to redistribute money raised by its CO2 tax to ordinary citizens. Here's why it hasn't happened yet - and what it could mean when it does.
More than half the electricity consumed in Germany in 2023 will have been generated from renewables for the first time, the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) said on Monday.
The German government on Thursday lost a key climate case brought by environmental groups, in an embarrassing slap down the day before Chancellor Olaf Scholz was due to travel to the COP28 climate summit.
Germany's coalition is rowing over how to fund climate protection measures after a court ruled the government broke debt rules, leaving a €60 billion hole in next year's budget.
Germany's top court ruled Wednesday against the government in a case centred on whether it had broken key debt rules, potentially upending its spending plans and further fuelling tensions in the ruling coalition.
In some German cities diesel cars are firmly forbidden whereas in others the cars - considered to be heavier polluters - are still allowed. Here's what drivers in Germany need to know.
A climate scientist on Wednesday said he was being threatened with the sack for refusing to fly back to Germany from a research trip in Papua New Guinea.
Austria, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland announced their hottest Septembers on record on Friday, in a year
expected to be the warmest in human history as climate change accelerates.
Organisers of the Berlin marathon pleaded with climate activists on Friday not to disrupt this weekend's race but said they were prepared for "such eventualities".
Activists from climate group "Last Generation" spray-painted Berlin's famous Brandenburg Gate on Sunday, calling for the abandonment of fossil fuels and more action on climate change.
Tens of thousands of people rallied in cities across Germany on Friday at climate protests urging Chancellor Olaf Scholz's
government to do more for environmental protection.
Construction work has started on the long-delayed 700-kilometre power line that will transfer wind-generated electricity from northern to southern Germany, the economy
ministry said Monday, pushed by an energy crisis.
Ski resorts in the Nordic countries and the French, Swiss and Austrian Alps might have a future by relying on artificial snow but even that is not sustainable, researchers say.
The German government's evaluation of its own efforts in the fight against global warming is too optimistic, according to the independent German Council of Experts on Climate Change.
The German government agreed Wednesday to boost its special fund for climate change-related investments significantly in the
coming years, as it races to speed up its green transition.
