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Headed by Prof. Dr. Peter Lemke from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, eight research centres of the Helmholtz Association have joined together in the network REKLIM. The network is equipped with a budget of 32.2 million Euros during the years 2009 to 2013.
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German federal environment minister Norbert Röttgen has lifted a 10-year moratorium on exploratory work at the Gorleben salt dome, a potential repository for Germany's radioactive waste.
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Marburg has become the first municipality in Germany to impose a requirement for solar construction throughout its area. 20 June 2008, the City Council approved a Solar Code. According to the code, any building owner who builds or renovates a building, fixes its roof or replaces its heating system, muss install a certain number of solar collectors on the roof in the process. The primary purpose of these devices is to heat water for household use and to heat the rooms.
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After an explosion the Greek tanker “Irenes Serenade” catches fire and sinks in the bay of Navarino with 100.000 tons oils on board. The coasts of the bay are affected by oil pollution.
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The Oppau explosion occurred on September 21, 1921 when a tower silo storing 4,500 tonnes of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded at a BASF plant in Oppau, now part of Ludwigshafen, Germany, killing 561 people and injuring about 2,000 more. About 80 percent of all buildings in Oppau were destroyed.
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On 22 March 2010 an amendment of the Ordinance on small firing installations (1. BImSchV) enters into force.
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The European Union ban on the manufacture and import of 100 watt and above light bulbs has come into force.
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Every year the Bryologisch-lichenologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mitteleuropa (BLAM) selects the "Moss of the Year". 2005 the first "Moss of the Year" was chosen.
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Geneva, 15 July 2008, the CITES Standing Committee has approved, the one-off sale of 108 tonnes of legal ivory stockpiles from four southern African countries to Japan and China. This decision paves the way for the automatic start of the subsequent nine year moratorium on trade in ivory.
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The Day of the Geotope was organized on 6 October 2002. The main target group was the public which normally have little to do with geosciences. Due to the positive resonance it was decided to have the Day of the Geotope every year in September.
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