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    Good start for the ‘Aktioun Hues’ and surprising record numbers of hare populations in Germany
    The Mouvement Ecologique and Oekozenter Pafendall launched their participatory campaign ‘Aktioun Hues’ shortly before Easter. You can find some initial feedback on how the campaign went here. We had already received over 30 reports of the cute animal over the Easter period, and now 80 have been collected on iNaturalist. Some of them surprised even us, like the airport and street bunnies pictured here. more...
      Setback for people and nature: CSV and DP parliamentarians agree to further deterioration of EU agricultural policy
      Yesterday, Wednesday, was an extremely important day in the EU Parliament. A Commission proposal was tabled that envisaged a further massive weakening of the environmental requirements for agricultural activities to protect biodiversity and water bodies. Important requirements are being cancelled under the pretext of flexibility. This at a time when recent analyses show that – not least due to misguided agricultural policies – 2 million species are threatened with extinction worldwide.   more...
        Replay and report on the conference: Biodiversity and the declline in insects: Why protecting the very small should be one of our biggest priorities!
        … was the title of the conference with Dr Axel Hochkirch, an internationally renowned insect researcher and curator of the ecological department of the local natur musée. The focus was on a recent study that made international headlines in winter. more...
        Conference followed by a discussion on the topic: EU elections -The major challenges in the area of sustainable development at European level: What is at stake on 9 June 2024?
        On Thursday, 2 may at 8 pm at the Hotel Parc Belle-Vue, 5, av. Marie-Thérèse, Luxembourg with Olaf Bandt Chairman of the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz (Germany).   more...
          Biodiversity crisis in Luxembourg: Consistent action – more natural areas and structural reforms needed
          The extinction of species is even more dramatic than previously assumed. It is not one million species that are threatened with extinction, as the World Biodiversity Council (IPBES) stated a few years ago, but almost 2 million, as recent analyses show. Luxembourg is no exception, quite the contrary: three quarters of the species protected in Europe are endangered in this country and half of the protected habitats are in a poor conservation status. more...
          Call for the French anti-Cattenom demonstration!
          On 27 April, the Coordination Anticnucléaire Nord-Est is organising a demonstration in front of the nuclear power plant in Cattenom – one day after the commemoration day of the Chernobyl disaster. more...
            Online conference: To Change Direction towards Social Justice How unfairly wealth is distributed and what should be done about it
            Mouvement Ecologique, in collaboration with Action Solidarité Tiers Monde, cordially invites you to an online conference on the following topic in the run-up to the EU elections on 9 June 2024 on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 18.15 pm with Manuel Schmitt, consultant for social inequality at Oxfam Germany.   more...
            “No advertising in the letterboxes: the application of the law must be monitored – the uncertain points still need to be clarified!”
            The Mouvement Ecologique has been made aware by numerous citizens of problems with the implementation of the provisions of Article 12 of the new Waste Management Act of 9 June 2022 regarding advertising mail in letterboxes.   more...
              Improve access to information for citizens!
              Access to information for citizens is regulated by the law of 14 September 2018 (Loi du 14 septembre 2018 relative à une administration transparente et ouverte). Unfortunately, this is an extremely flawed law. more...
                Google data centre once again in the news – disclose “sustainability check” for companies
                The “Google data centre” in Bissen has been quiet for a very long time. However, according to the Minister for Energy and the Economy, Lex Delles, work is being done on the dossier and progress is being made.   more...
                  Mouvement Ecologique submits objection as part of the strategic environmental assessment of the national climate and energy plan
                  The law stipulates that Luxembourg’s national climate and energy plan (NECP) must be subject to a strategic environmental assessment. This involves analysing the impact of the plan on air, water, soil, biodiversity and landscape, among other things, and outlining alternatives if necessary. The Mouvement Ecologique formulated a number of fundamental criticisms and proposed amendments. more...
                  New tip from the fixit! campaign: school equipment
                  In the fixit! Repair.Share.Use series, you’ll regularly find new tips and information on the themes of “repairing, reusing and sharing”. Here you’ll find the latest tip on the subject of “school equipment”. more...
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