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Deforestation of the amazon rainforest increases

Deforestation of the amazon rainforest increases

In the amazon, the chain sages are screeching: after the right-wing populist president jair bolsonaro took office, the deforestation of the rainforest in brazil continues to increase.

In the brazilian amazon, deforestation in january – the first month of bolsonaro’s term in office – increased by 54 percent to 108 square kilometers compared to the same month last year, according to the imazon research institute.

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Hedwig kneuer 90: “everyone likes her”

Hedwig kneuer 90:

"She likes to be among the people, everyone in the village likes her." this is what one guest said about hedwig kneuer, who celebrated her 90th birthday on new year's eve. Birthday celebrated. A happy day, as she herself said, because: "I have people around me who suit me."

The jubilarian is a kraisdorfer urgestein. She was born and went to school here and has worked in agriculture all her life. 1990 her husband august died.

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Court rejects eight lufthansa certificates of the ex-ufo boss

court rejects eight lufthansa certificates of the ex-ufo boss

The former head of the cabin crew union ufo, nicoley baublies, remains an employee of lufthansa. The frankfurt labor court on wednesday declared a total of eight notices issued by the company against the union official to be invalid.

Lufthansa was also ordered to continue employing baublies until the legal dispute is concluded. Baublies had worked for lufthansa since 2004, first as a flight attendant and later as a cabin manager (purser). Including prior training, he had already been with the company for more than 15 years at the time of the termination in september 2019 and was therefore properly ineligible, the presiding judge noted.

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Referendums and district parliament still to be paid out

referendums and district parliament still to be paid out

Seehofer versus ude, who will be prime minister and how will the seats in the state parliament be distributed?? These were the dominant questions of the election evening. And also the gleaning and the licking of wounds of the parties on monday concentrate on the "rough" ones power issues in the state and federal government.

But there were also two other votes of the electorate on election sunday: five referendums and – not to be forgotten – the district elections. While the votes for the state election are all paid out, you have to be patient for the plebiscite and the district.

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Eugh stiffens consumers in case of bank card loss

Eugh stiffens consumers in case of bank card loss

In the event of the loss of a bank card with contactless payment function, the european court of justice has strengthened the position of consumers in the eu.

According to a ruling on wednesday, the customer does not bear the risk for payments made after he has reported the loss of a card to the bank. The latter cannot simply claim that it is technically impossible to block the so-called near field communication (NFC) function for contactless payment, the luxembourg judges ruled (case C 287/19). Banks generally do not require a PIN code to be entered for contactless payments of up to 25 euros with NFC cards or a smartphone. The german credit industry raised this limit to 50 euros in the corona crisis.

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Lonnerstadt business park moves closer to completion

A hurdle has been taken: the change in the land use plan for the "edelgraben" business park in lonnerstadt is in dry cloth after the fifth interpretation. At the meeting, a resolution was passed that will – so the council and the administration hope – bring the never-ending story to an end.
Now it is a question of drawing up a development plan for the new "edelgraben 2" commercial area to be set up. "The process is already underway, engineer georg schreiber from the hochstadt office of maier reported at the meeting. Not to be confused with the opposite "edelgraben 1", for which there is already a development plan from 2006. For economic reasons, this has not yet been realized. Even now, no one knows if and when this will happen.
Mayor stefan himpel () had invited businesses interested in locating in the area to the west of lonnerstadt to the meeting. 10,000 square meters of the 3.8-hectare site are to be made available to the municipality for companies wishing to locate there. 20,000 square meters remain in the hands of herbert krafft. The local entrepreneur, who wants to build three halls on his flat, has, according to his own words, "also initiated the whole thing".
As mayor himpel announced, four companies already established in the municipality have made concrete commitments to purchase commercial sites. "They want to grow and move away with their company if they don't get a plot of land", third mayor johann hops (CSU/burgerblock) added. Mayor himpel is not least concerned with creating new jobs.

Access not yet optimal

However, the development of the commercial area is possible only from the south – in extension of the main road. For an access road from the district road ERH 18 the district administration office demanded a left turn lane, the planner explained. This solution is unsatisfactory for some rates. The district should rather "think about a holistic solution in the intersection area", demanded gerrit hoppe ().
The model of a heat supply by a block heat and power plant for the industrial area was presented by graduate engineer friedrich schafer. According to schafer, the main reason for this is the CO2 savings of 300 to 350 tons per year. Woodchips save the environment and resources, and the money stays in the region. The near-warmth also brings advantages for the companies willing to settle in the town. No need for boilers or fireplaces and no dirt in the house. Since the price of oil is expected to rise in the future, the wood-fired power plant is a cost-effective source of heat. As schafer explained, due to the favorable primary energy factor, there are also much lower requirements for the construction of the buildings. At the same time, however, the engineer made it clear that the model would only work if a connection obligation was imposed.
Herbert krafft thinks of the local heating network as a "citizens' project. The developers then had the opportunity to join the operating company. He also showed the possibilities of the demand. He offered the possibility of visiting a similar plant to the councils.

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Federal government extends rent brake and makes improvements

Federal government extends rent brake and makes improvements

The rent brake is extended – and with stricter rules. The federal cabinet decided that the regulation will apply for another five years, until 2025. In addition, tenants are to be reimbursed for overpayments of rent for up to two and a half years in the future.

"With the extension and tightening of the rent brake we will further steam the dynamic of the rent development until 2025", promised justice minister christine lambrecht (SPD). The changes still require the approval of the german parliament.

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Not enough water for hetzles

The mayor of hetzles, franz schmidtlein (), has called for water conservation in the local gazette. The reason: due to the drought, the local spring only produces 2.8 liters per second. Schmidtlein expects that even after abundant rainfall, it will take three to four weeks for the spring to return to its normal water supply.

He calls it the dogger spring. With this, he also mentioned the geological cause, why hetzles and also other places in a similar position in front of the jura are currently in water shortage, if they are not connected to a water extraction from other rock layers.