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 At least two people were hospitalised Tuesday after a Greenpeace activist crash-landed on the pitch before the Germany-France match at Euro 2020 when his powered parachute microlight struck spidercam cables at Munich's Allianz Arena. https://www.thelocal.de/20210616/two-hospitalized-in-munich-after-activist-crashes-parachute-into-euro-2020-stadium Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:22:26 +0200 two-hospitalized-in-munich-after-activist-crashes-parachute-into-euro-2020-stadium Dismayed by the German government’s failure to meet climate protection targets, dairy farmer Heiner Luetke Schwienhorst has filed a lawsuit against Berlin to force it into action. https://www.thelocal.de/20181209/german-farmers-sue-government-over-missed-climate-targets Sun, 09 Dec 2018 10:52:33 +0100 german-farmers-sue-government-over-missed-climate-targets Commuters on Tuesday morning were shocked to discover the roads surrounding the Berlin Victory Column covered in fresh yellow paint, after a controversial demonstration by Greenpeace demanding an end to coal power plants. https://www.thelocal.de/20180626/greenpeace-colour-the-streets-of-berlin-yellow-to-protest-against-coal Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:59:30 +0200 greenpeace-colour-the-streets-of-berlin-yellow-to-protest-against-coal Greenpeace charged on Monday that a massive US-EU trade deal would place corporate interests above the environment and consumer safety, as it released classified documents from the negotiations. https://www.thelocal.de/20160502/greenpeace-berlin-leaked-ttip-papers-show-threat-to-eu Mon, 02 May 2016 15:27:43 +0200 greenpeace-berlin-leaked-ttip-papers-show-threat-to-eu When it comes to what they wear, Germans have a throwaway culture. A new survey by Greenpeace shows that the words Schuster (cobbler) and Schneider (tailor) have become little more than surnames in modern society. https://www.thelocal.de/20151123/germans-throw-away-their-clothes-greenpeace Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:30:00 +0100 germans-throw-away-their-clothes-greenpeace It might sound like one of the environmental group's protest stunts, but Greenpeace insists it really does want to buy up a series of German brown coal mines and plants offered for sale by Swedish power company Vattenfall. https://www.thelocal.de/20151006/greenpeace-places-bid-on-coal-plant-and-mine Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:06:05 +0200 greenpeace-places-bid-on-coal-plant-and-mine Germany will have to dispose of twice as much radioactive waste as previously expected as it continues to shut down its nuclear power plants, according to parts of the government's disposal plan that were leaked on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141118/government-doubles-nuclear-waste-projection Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:02:00 +0100 government-doubles-nuclear-waste-projection Research released on Thursday by environmental group Greenpeace showed that more than half of clothing sold by German discount brands contain chemicals known to be dangerous to health and the environment, with items from Aldi being the worst offenders. https://www.thelocal.de/20141023/greenpeace-finds-bad-chemicals-in-kids-clothes Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:58:00 +0200 greenpeace-finds-bad-chemicals-in-kids-clothes An international maritime court began hearing on Wednesday a Dutch complaint over Russia's weeks-long detention of a Greenpeace protest ship and its 30 crew members, proceedings which Moscow is boycotting. https://www.thelocal.de/20131106/tribunal-starts-arctic-sunrise-hearing-against-moscow Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:17:00 +0100 tribunal-starts-arctic-sunrise-hearing-against-moscow Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced concern on Wednesday to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the detention of 30 Greenpeace members who had protested against Arctic drilling. https://www.thelocal.de/20131017/52439 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:20:00 +0200 52439 Outdoor clothing from top manufacturers is frequently contaminated with chemicals that are harmful to health and the environment, Greenpeace warned on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20121029/45851 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:46:00 +0100 45851 A German man was in French police custody on Wednesday, after dropping a smoke bomb onto a nuclear power station near Lyon from his paraglider as part of a Greenpeace initiative to show up security gaps. https://www.thelocal.de/20120502/42299 Wed, 02 May 2012 19:19:00 +0200 42299 The Rainbow Warrior III, Greenpeace’s brand new ship, docked in Hamburg on Thursday, where it will be opened to visitors over the weekend to celebrate its launch and maiden voyage. https://www.thelocal.de/20111020/38339 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:48:00 +0200 38339 In an effort to protect the ocean floor off the coast of the North Sea island of Sylt, environmental group Greenpeace on Tuesday renewed its controversial campaign dropping large boulders to hinder trawling and gravel mining operations. https://www.thelocal.de/20110802/36697 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:25:00 +0200 36697 Greenpeace unveiled a new, German-built weapon in its campaign against environmental destruction on Monday - €23 million ship dubbed the Rainbow Warrior III. https://www.thelocal.de/20110705/36073 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:24:00 +0200 36073 In a vast hangar in a north German shipyard, environmental pressure group Greenpeace's latest weapon is nearing completion: the state-of-the-art Rainbow Warrior III. https://www.thelocal.de/20110703/36039 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:46:00 +0200 36039 German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen waxed positive Saturday on the outcome of United Nations climate talks in Cancún, Mexico, saying the negotiations had "fulfilled expectations." https://www.thelocal.de/20101211/31749 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:15:00 +0100 31749 Greenpeace activists occupied the roof of the conservative Christian Democratic Union's party headquarters in Berlin on Thursday, hanging an enormous banner in protest of a planned parliamentary vote to extend the life of Germany’s nuclear reactors. https://www.thelocal.de/20101028/30811 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:54:00 +0200 30811 Illegal pesticides have been found on German-grown berries sold in the nation’s supermarkets, environmental protection organisation Greenpeace said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100726/28753 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:28:00 +0200 28753 A new study by Greenpeace discovered pesticides in more than a quarter of all conventional dried cooking spices sold in Germany, the organisation announced on Thursday in Hamburg. https://www.thelocal.de/20091029/22897 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:46:00 +0100 22897