Several hundred climate activists evaded police to enter an open-cast mine run by energy giant RWE in western Germany Saturday, a day after tens of thousands campaigned against the use of coal.
More than 340,000 electricity customers across Germany have their power cut off each year for failing to pay bills. A new proposal from one political party aims to change this.
The historic Bavarian election is causing ripples throughout German politics. From explaining who the Free Voters are to finding out if the AfD actually did well, we breakdown the important points.
As world leaders continue to discuss solutions for climate change at the COP 21 conference, a new report reveals that Germans habits are far from eco-friendly.
A new report reveals that Germany is subsidizing coal with more than €3 billion in public funds a year, even given the country's commitment to cutting carbon emissions.
Half a million ants were enlisted at a German zoo on Tuesday by ecologists from the conservation group WWF to call for the protection of the Amazon rainforest, ahead of a trip by Chancellor Angela Merkel to Brazil.
Climate NGOs reserved special criticism for Germany in an annual report on countries' action against climate change as a UN summit gets underway in Peru.
Rent caps will be introduced in German cities in the first half of 2015, but their arrival is having the opposite effect: A study has found that rents have been going up at an increased rate since the legislation was announced.
If Germany has taken a pioneering though risky role in shifting to renewable energy, then the tiny village of Feldheim - population 150 - is at its vanguard.
The German government approved on Tuesday a sweeping reform of a law on its vaunted "energy transformation" to reduce subsidies for renewables and stem rising electricity prices.
Germany's Green party said on Monday it wants to introduce a weekly "veggie-only" day in canteens across the country. But the plan is likely to provoke a meaty discussion among Germany's many sausage devotees.
German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier came under fire Friday for controversial plans to put limits on Germany’s rapid extension of renewable energy sources - a key part of the country’s strategy to phase out nuclear energy by 2020.
Households in Germany pay around €3 billion too much for their electricity each year, according to a market analysis which says industry is benefitting from state aid for the switch to renewables – but domestic customers are being left out.
Self-proclaimed car nerds from around Europe recently gathered at a Brandenburg race track. But instead of burning rubber, the high school and university students were breaking long-distance fuel-efficiency records. Kristen Allen reports for The Local's automotive series Abgefahren.
The German solar industry, once at the forefront in its field, has been hit hard by the bad economy and increasing competition from Asia, the <i>Financial Times Deutschland</i> reported Monday.
