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2014

New at the University of Berlin

If one tracks the media in recent weeks, one might almost think that now everywhere conservationists and wind power protesters lurking that will block the energy change immediately. Safe: As a major societal conflict comes to us, has already begun. But how much is it actually there behind this media image of green anti- green protest Republic? The Sustainability, by the way, has a great web site has anything useful done: asked -known protest researchers as they assess the energy revolts, so added to the back so technical debate an important social dimension and looked at passenger Ferry Dublin Liverpool.


The sociologist says you still do not know whether the citizen protests have increased with new energy projects. These would be available no figures. Counter new wind turbines, he says, have always been given in Germany local protests. Only had hardly been reported nationally about it.

Also, the political scientist at the Free University of Berlin finds that the media, the protests currently represent exaggerated. At the same time they talked about the the encouragement and commitment of many people for the energy turnaround. Nationwide support for the energy transition is significantly higher than the sporadic resistance to renewable energy systems or high voltage lines. Later this year I will go to passenger Ferry Harwich Hook of Holland.


The teaching in Dresden and Berlin political scientist not hold the current media coverage of citizen protests against new equipment and masts, however, for exaggerated : " The protests are increasing. The policy, he advises not to delegate the handling of such protests on commissions. Needed is more direct democracy.


The time now is indeed been a few days. But it bothers me still, especially because of this, yes, I would speak of scandal has gone down in the current news flow. And because the sample also shows how Fukushima is already forgotten. The EU countries have decided in the first week of May to cancel the safety tests for European nuclear power plants is much weaker than planned - after all that has happened, after all the public pressure. This I read when I took my passenger Ferry Holyhead Dublin trip.


How could this happen ? There was no great debate about only thin messages like this one. If I had a lot of time, I would now go to Brussels and as a journalist researching this story. For it is clear that as very shrewd puppet masters were at work and the nuclear industry is a real feat of lobbying.


The EU has already contributed much to the development of a green society, it is an - often invisible because unknown. But it also diluted, dammed it up. Often, because there are harsh deficits in democracy and the public. And because the EU countries still do much among themselves, without the involvement of parliament and monitoring of citizens.

The Airbus A340 was at this time already east of Moscow, nevertheless, the pilot opted not to make an emergency landing, but decided that all the way back to fly back to Switzerland. It is considerably more complex, rebook passengers in Moscow when flying back, said a spokesman for the Swiss airline. The two men were arrested still in the airplane after landing in Zurich -Kloten. Its more than 200 passengers spent at the expense of the Swiss the night in a hotel and broke the next day with flights operated by other companies towards Beijing.

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