New York: "Private Sheriffs" against air polluters
New York has had enough of truck drivers who stand around with their engines running and pollute the air. Anyone who displays such a vehicle receives a sum of money.
April 2022
New bicycle districts for Berlin
Berlin is trying to push back the car and give more space to the bicycle. Not every attempt is crowned with success: in Friedrichstrasse, bicycles are now to be banned just like cars. In addition, the streets around Graefestrasse in Kreuzberg are to be closed to cars.
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E-cars as batteries
Climate-neutral electricity is good, but it often cannot be stored. When the sun shines or the wind is strong, a lot of energy is therefore lost if it is not stored temporarily. Now there are car models that are supposed to provide a remedy.
Speed limit and car-free Sundays
50,000 signatures were needed, 58,000 actually turned out: the federal government was presented with a petition calling for a speed limit, car-free Sundays and a ban on domestic flights.
Low Emission Zone: Penalty Tickets for Ukraine Refugees
For more than ten years, you have needed a fine dust sticker if you drive your car in the city centre of Hanover. The residents of Hanover know this, but not refugees from Odessa on the Black Sea. A refugee couple with a child has now received a ticket in Hanover because they did not have the appropriate environmental sticker on their car.
Environmental badge convicts car thief
Actually, they indicate the emission standard of a vehicle, but now a French environmental sticker has led to the conviction of a car thief.
Old fireplaces soon banned
Fireplaces and furnaces produce too much particulate matter. Environmentalists have been warning about this for some time. In two years' time, old stoves will finally be banned.
Pseudo-burners wanted
Many drivers miss them when they sit in an electric car: The noises and handles that simply belong to a combustion engine. But there is a remedy: various car manufacturers imitate combustion cars when building their electric models..
Replacing the e-battery instead of charging it
One thing is clear: where there is smoke, there is fire, and where there is a fire, there is bound to be air pollution. Easter bonfires release a particularly large amount of particulate matter.
Easter fires: Beware of particulate matter!
One thing is clear: where there is smoke, there is fire, and where there is a fire, there is bound to be air pollution. Easter bonfires release a particularly large amount of particulate matter.
