ENTEGA goes toward critical consumers and starts co-operation with Utopia.de

Posted by - October 7th, 2009

By co-operation with Utopia.de, the German-language Internet platform fur, the power supplier ENTEGA its way continues strategic consumption to a lasting precaution for existence consistently. ENTEGA looks for consciously the dialogue with the critical users and wants to the utopians the own lastingness strategy and practical offers fur climate protection to present. A goal of the exchange is the search for Losungen fur a lasting life and Wirtschaftsweise.Als of innovative power suppliers stands for ENTEGA fur a CO2-neutrale and increasingly a decentralized power supply at fair prices. We mochten the utopians today our concept of the lasting precaution for existence present, erklart Holger Mayer, fur ENTEGA responsible person executive committee of the parent company HEAG Sudhessi energy AG (HSE). The enterprise recognized its special responsibility fur the protection of the climate and is about now to align the entire Geschaftsmodell effectively. With the mechanism of an enterprise profile ENTEGA takes up from today on the direct dialogue more uber lasting power supply with the utopians. In addition the enterprise the sponsorship ubernimmt fur the topic channel energy and climate. Fur Utopia are applicable only cooperation partner, which lastingness the top-priority case made and this goal to pursue on a long-term basis. The utopians became acquainted with, say ENTEGA already last year briefly Utopia Grunderin Claudia of long ones. After Utopia the concept gepruft critically, is received of ENTEGA we now a co-operation. Already today ENTEGA the zweitgroßte offerer is based of renewably produced Okostrom, on the number of the customers. In order the energy of the nachsten generation in the group with the HSE in the coming years more than a billion euros into the development of the renewable energy production – a uberdurchschnittlich high investment to konnen ENTEGA produces, invests. Already 2008 carried out the power supplier the withdrawal from nuclear power and since then done without on the purchase of atomic current. Besides ENTEGA offers climaticneutral natural gas since 2009. The CO2-Mengen resulting from Forderung, transport and burn is compensated by großflachige reforestation projects. Thus the enterprise makes an attitude, which applies clear also to Utopia: A future worth living goes around innovative Losungen fur.

ENTEGA happens on critical consumers and starts co-operation with Utopia.de

Posted by - October 7th, 2009

Deutsche Bank promotes small farmers

Posted by - October 2nd, 2009

The research department of the German bank published a study about world nutrition. Their result: The agricultural policy must orient itself at lastingness and environmental compatibility. The smallrural agriculture possesses an enormous meaning for the global food supply.
As already the world agrarian report of the UN also Deutsche Bank refers to the key role, which comes the 500 million small farmer during the fight against poverty and securing of food supply. It demands a fair entrance to water and a land reform: An even distribution of the country leads as can be prove to higher economic growth. The bank calls affordable credits by micro financial establishments and the formation of cooperatives as further necessary measures.
Over the Ökolandbau the bank writes the fact that it can be just as productive as the commercial agriculture but is very many lasting. Particularly in Africa the authors of the study see good chances: The bio cultivation requires more work input, whose costs are again saved however with the purchase by nitrogen fertilizer, insecticides and herbicides and particularly in Africa, where work is cheaply and capital RSR, net to savings lead. In Africa bio cultivation is worthwhile itself particularly at high-quality export goods.
The report grants a potential for yield paste run gene to the Green genetic engineering. In addition, it points out that security is extremely controversially discussed by genetically changed products, particularly since it is not possible to measure the long-term effects. A further central problem in connection with gene TIC engineering are the mental vested titles. It is important that the farmers can keep and again use seeds, since poor farmers cannot buy new seeds for each sowing. This range is so important that it not exclusively to the private sector will leave can, which has an interest to maximise the profit for the shareholders.

The USA: Obama sets on Monsanto

Posted by - October 2nd, 2009

US president Barack Obama occupied several important posts in the last weeks within his administration with Gefolgsleuten of the genetic engineering company Monsanto. Observer does not surprise that. Because US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack already represented the interests Monsantos in his time as a governor von Iowa.
The former Monsanto vice- president Michael Taylor serves now the US food authority FDA than highest expert for food security. Taylor is there no unknown quantity. It was first active as a lawyer for Monsanto, before it led 1991 to 1994 the principle department of the FDA and until 1996 in the Ministry Of Agriculture was responsible for food controls. Afterwards it changed back to Monsanto, became there chief lobbyist and vice-president. In the election campaign Taylor Obama advised in agriculture questions.
The OF Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Roger Beachy will lead again-created national institutes. He worked so far as a president of the Donald Danforth plans Science center, which was created and financed of Monsanto with. At the university of Washington it had before developed genetically altered tomatoes for Monsanto. Task of the NIFA is it to distribute research funds of the Ministry Of Agriculture. At present there is approximately 200 million US Dollar in the year. Beachy wants to increase the amount in the next three to four years on 700 million dollar.
As highest chief negotiators for all agricultural problems Obama nominated Islam A. Siddiqui. He was so far vice-president of the pesticide manufacturers association CropLife America and there responsibly for biotechnology and trade. In the future it will be its task, in international restaurant committees as to be vacated the World Trade Organization of commercial obstacles for US agricultural products from the way.

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