Reform of the Renewable Energy Act: How the Union is provoking with anti-energy transition ideas

The question of how the Merz government will further develop the energy transition - or block it - is entering the hot phase. The reform of the Renewable Energy Act is well underway. The SPD parliamentary group is now fighting against the brake blocks for the energy transition that Economics Minister Katherina Reiche (CDU) built into the cabinet draft. The Union faction, on the other hand, is calling for even more clear-cutting in climate protection. Is this serious or just a tactical provocation? Verena Kern and Susanne Schwarz talk about this in the klima update°.

Young tenants are going to the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe together with Deutsche Umwelthilfe. They are suing against the new black-red heating law, which no longer bans new fossil heating systems. In this way, the government is tying people to fossil fuels and incalculable costs for decades - especially tenants who do not decide on their own heating.

Fight against greenwashing by companies: Since September 27th, the rules of EmpCo, the EU directive Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition, have also applied in Germany. Anyone who advertises products with attributes such as “recyclable”, “sustainable” or “climate neutral” must now prove that they are also unequivocally recyclable, sustainable or climate neutral. If they don't, the advertising company faces fines of up to 4 percent of annual sales.

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