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EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe speaks to reporters during a tour of a 200-feet underground of a St. Louis Metropolitian Sewer District Project Clear s Lower Meramec Tunnel in St. Louis on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. The tunnel, which will run 6.8 miles from Fenton to Oakville, Missouri will help improve water quality in the Lower Meramec River. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY SLP2023022212 BILLxGREENBLATT

USA: How the EPA implements the government's climate program

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has become the main arm of President Biden's climate program. The EPA decides over funding and legal requirements as part of the $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act. EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe spoke with Table.Media.

By Bernhard Pötter

In der Namib in der Nähe der Stadt Lüderitz soll ein großes Wasserstoff-Projekt entstehen.

Africa hopes for green hydrogen boom

The government of Namibia has approved a German hydrogen project. In addition, many other project developers are pursuing the production of green hydrogen. The new energy carrier could spark tremendous growth in Africa.

By Redaktion Table

Ambassador of the Maldives in the EU: “We need better climate finance data monitoring”

An archipelago of 1,192 islands in the Indian Ocean, the Maldives is one of the most low-lying nations in the world and thus particularly vulnerable to global warming. Ambassador of the Republic of Maldives in the European Union Omar Abdul Razzak spoke to Claire Stam about better access to climate finance, health risk linked to global warming and the importance of data collection to have a better access to climate finance.

By Claire Stam

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Interest rate hike jeopardizes the global energy transition

The G7 and experts are alarmed: Rising interest rates and capital flight jeopardize the urgently necessary energy transition in developing countries. High capital costs are slowing down the expansion of renewables. In Germany, too, low interest rates were not sufficiently utilized.

By Nico Beckert