Travel guide: EU – Colombia, Peru & Ecuador

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Travel guide: EU – Colombia, Peru & Ecuador

From Jeremy Oestreich and Bettina Müller / 18.11.2021 Comments Disabled

Poverty increase or a way out of poverty? A trade agreement has been in place between the EU and Peru, Colombia, since 2013. Ecuador acceded to the agreement in 2017. PowerShift, in cooperation with civil society [...]

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Expensive to buy: How the Energy Charter Treaty drove up the costs of Germany's lignite phase-out

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Expensive to buy: How the Energy Charter Treaty drove up the costs of Germany's lignite phase-out

From Fabian Flues / 15.11.2021 Comments Disabled

The Energy Charter Treaty has made it more difficult and more expensive for Germany to phase out coal. This is the conclusion of a briefing that PowerShift is publishing today together with eight other civil society organisations.

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Why the German coal phase-out is so complicated and expensive: New Documents Reveal Federal Government Fears of Energy Charter Lawsuits

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Why the German coal phase-out is so complicated and expensive: New Documents Reveal Federal Government Fears of Energy Charter Lawsuits

From Fabian Flues / 05.11.2021 Comments Disabled

  Berlin, 4 November. Der Energiecharta-Vertrag hat den deutschen Kohleausstieg erschwert und verteuert. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt ein Briefing, das PowerShift heute gemeinsam mit acht weiteren zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen herausgibt und...

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The forgotten battery raw materials: Manganese – destruction on land and threat to the deep sea?!

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The forgotten battery raw materials: Manganese – destruction on land and threat to the deep sea?!

From Elena Gnant / 28.10.2021 Comments Disabled

Due to its chemical properties, manganese is an important metal used in various types of batteries such as nickel-manganese-cobalt or lithium-manganese batteries. Along with nickel, it is an important battery raw material to [...]

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The forgotten battery raw materials: Iron ore – electromobility on toxic sludge avalanches

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The forgotten battery raw materials: Iron ore – electromobility on toxic sludge avalanches

From Elena Gnant / 29.09.2021 Comments Disabled

Iron is an important raw material in battery production. It is installed in lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in the cathode and is necessary for the production of steel from which battery housings are made. Through [...]

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Investor protection and corporate complaints despite climate crisis?

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Investor protection and corporate complaints despite climate crisis?

From Emma Jacoby / 22.09.2021 Comments Disabled

CETA, ECT and the environment are not green PowerShift has today published a new fact sheet that shows Canadian investments in fossil fuel projects in the EU and thus makes it clear that [...]

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Oil, gas and coal companies sue our countries

From Fabian Flues / 14.09.2021 Comments Disabled

Der Energiecharta-Vertrag gefährdet den Kampf gegen die Klimakrise und für eine saubere Energiewende.

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Fewer cars, more global justice

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Fewer cars, more global justice

From Merle Groneweg / 02.09.2021 Comments Disabled

From a global and local point of view, those people who contribute the least are particularly affected by the consequences of the climate catastrophe. The majority of people who are severely affected by the consequences of [...]

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The forgotten battery raw materials: bauxite and aluminium – dust in lungs, batteries in cars

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The forgotten battery raw materials: bauxite and aluminium – dust in lungs, batteries in cars

From Elisa Thomaset / 27.07.2021 Comments Disabled

Aluminum plays an important role in the production of batteries in two areas: On the one hand, in addition to steel, the raw material is regularly used in the production of the battery housing. On the other hand, [...]

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The forgotten battery raw materials: Copper - When Conductivity Becomes Suffering

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The forgotten battery raw materials: Copper - When Conductivity Becomes Suffering

From Elisa Thomaset / 27.07.2021 Comments Disabled

Copper is a central raw material for the production of batteries due to its very good electrical conductivity. Although the raw material can be recycled several times without loss of quality, more than half [...]

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