Thousands of demonstrators marched throughout Germany in the first series of climate protests since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some highlights from Friday
Many German cities are currently rethinking their rules for outdoor seating, as they seek to find safer ways to accommodate diners in the colder months of the year.
German lawmakers approved legislation Thursday banning disposable plastic products such as straws, cutlery and cotton buds that are polluting the world's oceans.
Cyclists suffered a setback in a battle over the streets of Berlin on Monday when a court ordered the city to remove eight new bike paths that had been put in place during the corona pandemic.
In the EU, 13 percent of deaths are linked to pollution, said a new report published on Tuesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which stressed the current pandemic put environmental health factors in the spotlight.
Much of the damage that food production does to the environment is not truly reflected in the prices on our shelves. And if it were, the price of meat, milk and cheese in Germany would go through the roof, a new study in Germany shows.
A damning new report suggests the German government is propping up inefficient airports with huge subsidies. It proposes a new grid of a small number of airports connected by high-speed trains.
Berliners are protesting - online and in person - against the possible culling of a peaceful pig dubbed Elsa who gained worldwide fame for stealing a nudist's laptop bag as a chase ensued.
A wild boar that went viral after stealing a
nudist's laptop by a lake in German capital Berlin last week could be caught
up in a local cull, an official said Friday.
Germany is planning to ban floodlights from
dusk for much of the year as part of its bid to fight a dramatic decline in
insect populations, it emerged Wednesday.
Germany is on course to abandon coal-fired power stations but ironically one mine is being allowed to expand - to the fury of local residents who describe the battle to save their homes as "psychological terror".
Technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer Elon Musk has revealed an artist's impression of how his new Tesla site near Berlin might look – and shared his ideas for a rave and swimming pool.
Several dozen climate activists occupied two
opencast coal mines in Germany on Friday hoping to put pressure on the
government to accelerate plans to phase out the polluting fossil fuel.
Germany aims to become the world's
"number one" in green hydrogen technology, betting the fuel produced by
renewable energy sources can both reduce carbon emissions globally and
stimulate Europe's top economy.
One in five Europeans suffers from noise pollution considered harmful to their health, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in a report on Thursday, deploring the EU's failure to meet its own commitments.
An unusually mild winter has left Germany without an ice wine harvest for the first time, the country's wine institute said Sunday, fuelling fears that the sweet dessert wine will become a rarity in future.
Climate activists occupied a highly
controversial new coal power plant in Germany on Tuesday, police said,
preventing a test run of generators campaigners say should never be brought online.
US electric car giant Tesla began clearing
forest for its first European "Gigafactory" near Berlin Thursday, and is now
racing against the clock to rehouse ants, birds and hibernating bats.
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Activists occupied Germany's newest
power plant on Sunday to protest against a law passed last week to end coal electricity generation, but which environmental groups argue is insufficient.
German ministers on Wednesday signed off a law to end coal electricity generation that demonstratorsand environmentalists say does too little, too late.
