EEG amendment passed by the Bundestag After a heated debate, the Bundestag approved the government draft for a reform of renewable energy -Energies Act passed. The initiative aims to create the conditions for all electricity generated and consumed in Germany to become greenhouse gas neutral before the year 2050. The problem of green electricity pioneers is that the previous EEG aid, which was limited to 20 years, expires in a few months and is old The Bundestag wants to tackle plants that could go offline by the thousands. They should be given the “transitional” opportunity to sell the electricity on through the network operator and to get the market value minus the marketing costs of the broker.

ECJ explains exhaust gas -Software in diesel cars illegal Five years after the start of the exhaust gas fraud by Volkswagen, the European Court of Justice has declared a controversial software for the fining of exhaust gas values ​​in approval tests to be illegal. A manufacturer should not install a defeat device that systematically improves the performance of the emissions control system during approval procedures, the court said. The reduction of wear and tear or pollution of the engine could not justify such a cut-off device. This decision could significantly strengthen the rights for owners of older diesel cars.

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Twitter takes action against false reports about corona vaccinations Misleading tweets and targeted false information about vaccinations against the corona virus Twitter wants to provide warnings in the future or delete them completely . The short message service announced this tightening of the rules on the official company blog. Accordingly, from next week not only tweets should be removed that spread absurd conspiracy theories about vaccines, such as the one that the drugs are supposedly intended to control the population. Even false claims about alleged health damage from vaccinations, which have been scientifically refuted, or the denial of any danger from the virus should no longer be tolerated.

Lunar probe Chang’e 5 with lunar rocks back on earth As the third space travel nation after the USA and the Soviet Union, China brought lunar rocks to earth for the first time. After the unmanned lunar mission, the capsule of the spaceship “Chang’e 5” landed in the early hours of the night on Thursday, local time, with around 2 kg of lunar samples in the north Chinese steppe, as reported by state television. It is the first time in 44 years that moon rocks have been brought back to earth.

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