https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A huge amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) leaked from a transport truck in central Mainz on Tuesday, immobilizing traffic around the centre of the city and forcing the closure of the Christmas market. https://www.thelocal.de/20151223/huge-cloud-of-co2-floods-central-mainz Wed, 23 Dec 2015 09:21:58 +0100 huge-cloud-of-co2-floods-central-mainz Around 98,000 Volkswagen-produced cars with petrol engines had the results of emissions tests 'manipulated', Transport Minister Alexander Dobrint told the Bundestag (German parliament) on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151104/inconsistencies-in-800k-more-cars-vw Wed, 04 Nov 2015 09:31:33 +0100 inconsistencies-in-800k-more-cars-vw German scientists said on Monday that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must begin falling immediately if mankind is to have any hope of preserving Earth's oceans as we know them today. https://www.thelocal.de/20150804/stop-co2-emissions-to-save-our-oceans-scientists Tue, 04 Aug 2015 11:59:59 +0200 stop-co2-emissions-to-save-our-oceans-scientists Germany's governing coalition came to a major new agreement on carbon emissions on Wednesday evening. But the reported deal has left environmentalists feeling betrayed. https://www.thelocal.de/20150702/gov-deal-on-c02-emissions-leaves-environmetalists-sour Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:47:22 +0200 gov-deal-on-c02-emissions-leaves-environmetalists-sour The cabinet agreed a new environmental package on Wednesday aimed at meeting the target of a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. https://www.thelocal.de/20141203/cycling-insulation-and-less-coal-to-fight-co2 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:45:00 +0100 cycling-insulation-and-less-coal-to-fight-co2 Germany is the European Union's worst polluter, with its carbon dioxide emissions rising by two percent in 2013 to 760 million tonnes, official data showed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140507/germany-now-eus-worst-polluter-as-co2-emissions-rise Wed, 07 May 2014 17:46:00 +0200 germany-now-eus-worst-polluter-as-co2-emissions-rise Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the German government’s expert for climate change, warned on Monday the process of global warming was occurring much faster than is widely known. https://www.thelocal.de/20081229/16415 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:29:00 +0100 16415