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by Elmar Stellnberger

High compensation payments for Germany's coal phase-out

Category: general,
Source: info,
Language: en,
Type:
update
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Germany is to pay compensation payments in the amount of 4.35 billion euros for the decommissioning of lignite power plants. The European Commission is now examining whether this is not illegal state aid. The amount of the compensation payments is under scrutiny because it concerns profits that are far in the future and because the coal and CO2 prices are unlikely to stay that way in the future. However, the Commission does not seem to recognize that a change in the framework conditions constitutes a business risk. Meanwhile, the compensation payments for Germany's nuclear phase-out have been reduced to 2.4 billion euros.



Hohe Entschädigungszahlungen für den Kohleausstieg Deutschlands

Category: general,
Source: info,
Language: de,
Type:
update
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Deutschland soll Entschädigungszahlungen in der Höhe von 4,35 Mrd. Euro für die Stillegung von Braunkohlekraftwerken zahlen. Die Europäische Kommission prüft jetzt, ob es sich dabei nicht um unerlaubte Staatsbeihilfen handelt. Angegriffen wird die Höhe der Kompensationszahlungen, weil es sich um weit in der Zukunft befindliche Gewinne handelt und weil die Brennstoff und CO2 Preise in Zukunft wohl kaum so bleiben werden. Daß eine Änderung der Rahmenbedingungen unternehmerisches Risiko ist, erkennt die Kommission hingegen scheinbar nicht an. Indes haben sich die Entschädigungszahlungen für den Atomausstieg Deutschlands auf 2,4 Mrd. Euro reduziert.



Sin patentes sobre semillas

Category: general,
Source: action,
Language: es,
Type:
update
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Actualmente no es posible obtener una patente para plantas y animales criados de forma convencional. Sin embargo, existe una laguna en esta legislación llamada edición del genoma que difumina las fronteras entre la reproducción convencional y la ingeniería. Las patentes crean monopolios: las frutas, hortalizas y semillas patentados no pueden ser utilizadas por otros agricultores para su posterior mejoramiento sin el permiso del titular de la patente. Esto significa que un puñado de grandes corporaciones obtienen un control de gran alcance sobre nuestra producción diaria de alimentos: pueden decidir qué comemos, qué producen los agricultores, qué venden los minoristas y cuánto tenemos que pagar todos por ello.



Sem patentes em sementes

Category: general,
Source: action,
Language: pt,
Type:
update
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Atualmente não é possível obter uma patente para plantas e animais criados de forma convencional. No entanto, há uma lacuna nesta legislação chamada edição do genoma, que confunde as fronteiras entre o melhoramento convencional e a engenharia. Patentes criam monopólios: frutas, vegetais e sementes patenteados não podem ser usadas por outros agricultores para reprodução sem a permissão do detentor da patente. Isso significa que um punhado de grandes corporações tem controle de longo alcance sobre nossa produção diária de alimentos - elas podem decidir o que comemos, o que os agricultores produzem, o que os varejistas vendem e quanto temos de pagar por isso.



No Patents on Seeds

Category: general,
Source: action,
Language: en,
Type:
update
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Currently it is not possible to obtain a patent for conventionally bred plants and animals. However there is a loophole in this legislation called genome editing which blurs the borders between conventional breeding and engineering. Patents create monopolies: fruits, vegetables and seeds claimed in patents cannot be used by other farmers for further breeding without the permission of the patent holder. This means that a handful of large corporations get far-reaching control over our daily food production - they can decide what we eat, what farmers produce, what retailers sell and how much we all have to pay for it.