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Call for input: What challenges do you see in the expansion of renewable energy? Share your experience with us!
How can the development of renewable energy move forward more quickly? What obstacles exist?The government has launched a national consultation on this topic, particularly regarding photovoltaic and wind power.The aim of this consultation is to gather all relevant elements that can help accelerate the expansion of these renewable energies.
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HouseEurope! Let’s stop demolishing and start renovating!
The Mouvement Ecologique is joining forces with ten organisations from various sectors in Luxembourg (architecture, heritage conservation, environment, etc.) to support the European citizens’ initiative “HouseEurope!”. The common objective is to collect at least 4,500 signatures in Luxembourg and 1 million at European level to initiate a decisive change and make renovation simpler, less expensive and more accessible than demolition in Luxembourg and throughout Europe.
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Tax the Super Rich: A sustainable future for all!
Nachdem der Mouvement Ecologique 2024 das europäische Bürgerbegehren #TaxTheRich unterstützt hatte, bekommt diese Initiative 2025 eine neue Dynamik: Der Fokus liegt dabei weiterhin darauf, die “Superreichen”, sprich Personen mit einem Netto-Vermögen von über 100 Millionen €, stärker zu besteuern. Der Mouvement Ecologique beteiligt sich dabei an der gemeinsamen Kampagne von internationalen Organisationen, die sich für eine effektive Besteuerung dieser Vermögen zugunsten der Gesellschaft, der Demokratie und der globalen Gerechtigkeit einsetzen.
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Dossier Haneboesch in Differdingen: Protected forest to make way for industrial zone – but will nature conservation requirements be respected? Mouvement demands clarity
We are talking about part of the “Haneboesch” forest, next to the industrial zone of the same name near Niederkorn. This is an old “chickweed-oak-hornbeam forest”, which is protected as such at EU level.
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Every pesticide is one too many: the reactions of the Minister of Agriculture to the Meco press conference.
The Minister of Agriculture has criticised the recent dossier from the Mouvement Ecologique on pesticide residues in food in the media. The Mouvement Ecologique stands by its findings: every pesticide in food is one too many! Read the Mouvement Ecologique’s response to the statements of Minister Martine Hansen here.
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EU law disregarded, biodiversity at risk: Amendments to the reform text of the Nature Conservation Act are essential
The government wants to make progress in housing policy – but one of the first actions in the government project ‘Méi a méi séier bauen’ is to weaken the nature conservation law. The current draft of the law raises many questions.
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The government must set the necessary framework for the energy transition: electricity prices for heat pumps and
electric cars must be cheaper than fossil fuels – financially weak households must be given more support.
If we want to limit the global temperature increase and tackle the climate catastrophe, the energy transition must be a success. This is in the interest of people living today, but also of future generations!
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Together We Are Strong – Become a Member!
Mouvement Ecologique is a strong voice in Luxembourg. Through well-founded statements, concrete proposals for a livable world, critical and constructive questioning of developments, and much more, we make a difference.
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Overshootday on Monday February 17th
Luxembourg is back on the winners’ podium. As the second country in the world, behind Qatar, Luxembourg will reach its “Overshoot Day” on 17 February.
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Is society failing in the fight against climate change ? What are the concrete consequences?
Jens Beckert, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, put these questions to the audience. The consequences of climate change – in the form of increasingly extreme weather events and the destabilisation of human livelihoods – are becoming more and more noticeable worldwide. Despite these visible consequences, our societies are failing to respond appropriately.
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Official analyses by the Ministry of Agriculture show : 50% of analyzed food are contaminated by pesticides – When is the government going to act?
The environmental problems associated with the use of pesticides are well known: the disappearance of species, water pollution, and so on. As are the negative effects on health linked to direct consumption or dispersion in the air.
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