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Election fact check: Heating with 'green oil' instead of heat pumps

All parties are presenting proposals for a change in climate and energy policy for the federal elections – some want to increase the pace of climate action, others want to reduce efforts. Table.Briefings examines these ideas to see how realistic, effective and feasible they are. Today: The Union's call for heating with "green oil."

By Malte Kreutzfeldt

Flight refused: Climate researcher receives severance pay after being fired

Climate researcher and economist Gianluca Grimalda lost his job at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) because he wanted to travel in the most climate-friendly way possible. He has now been granted a settlement. Grimalda wants to donate 75,000 euros of the money to climate action and activism.

By Lukas Bayer

Climate in Numbers: Fire disasters on the rise

While widespread fires are still raging in Los Angeles, a look at the last five years shows that individual fire disasters and massive forest fires are rising and fueling the climate crisis even further.

By Bernhard Pötter

Poland: How the government plans to phase out coal

The importance of coal in Poland's power supply is rapidly declining: Its share has fallen from 80 percent to 57 percent, power plants and coal mines are inefficient and expensive. Gas, renewables and soon nuclear power are set to replace coal. However, the government is faced with considerable problems.

By Maximilian Stascheit