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Environment - current issues Germany, in 34 editions.
The entry for Germany published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 10 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 10
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Environment” (1990 to 1996), “Environment - current issues” (1997 to 2024), “Environment-current issues” (1998) and “Environment--current issues” (1999).
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1990 edition
First publishedEntry published as “Germany, Federal Republic of”.
Published as “Environment”
air and water pollution
air and water pollution
Published as “Environment”
- air and water pollution;
- ground water, lakes, and air quality in eastern Germany are especially bad;
- significant deforestation in the eastern mountains caused by air pollution and acid rain
air and water pollution; ground water, lakes, and air quality in eastern Germany are especially bad; significant deforestation in the eastern mountains caused by air pollution and acid rain
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Environment”
- air and water pollution;
- groundwater, lakes, and air quality in eastern Germany are especially bad;
- significant deforestation in the eastern mountains caused by air pollution and acid rain
air and water pollution; ground water, groundwater, lakes, and air quality in eastern
Germany are especially bad; significant deforestation in the eastern
mountains caused by air pollution and acid rain
The entry for Germany did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries and lead emissions from vehicle exhausts (the result of continued use of leaded fuels) contribute to air pollution;
- acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests;
- heavy pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany
- natural hazards:
- NA
- international agreements:
- party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling;
- signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries
and lead emissions from vehicle exhausts (the result of continued use
of leaded fuels) contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting
from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; heavy pollution in
the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in
eastern Germany
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered
Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,
Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical
Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Air
Pollution-Sulphur 94, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries and lead emissions from vehicle exhausts (the result of continued use of leaded fuels) contribute to air pollution;
- acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests;
- heavy pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany
- natural hazards:
- NA
- international agreements:
- party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands;
- signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Desertification, Tropical Timber 94
current issues: emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries
and lead emissions from vehicle exhausts (the result of continued use
use of leaded fuels) contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting
resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; heavy
pollution in
from rivers in
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered
Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the
Sea, Marine Dumping,
Pollution, TropicalWetlands, Whaling; Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Air
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes Tropical Timber 94
- emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries and lead emissions from vehicle exhausts (the result of continued use of leaded fuels) contribute to air pollution;
- acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests;
- heavy pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany;
- hazardous waste disposal
current issues: emissions from coal-burning utilities
and industriescontinued
continued use of leaded fuels) contribute to air pollution; acid rain,
resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; heavy
pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents
from rivers in eastern Germany Germany; hazardous waste disposal
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered
Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the
Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified -
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Desertification, Tropical Timber 94
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries and lead emissions from vehicle exhausts (the result of continued use of leaded fuels) contribute to air pollution;
- acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests;
- heavy pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany;
- hazardous waste disposal
emissions from coal-burning utilities
industries and lead emissions from vehicle exhausts (the result of
continued use of leaded fuels) contribute to air pollution; acid rain,
resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; heavy
pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents
from rivers in eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries and lead emissions from vehicle exhausts (the result of continued use of leaded fuels) contribute to air pollution;
- acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests;
- pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany;
- hazardous waste disposal
emissions from coal-burning utilities and
and industries and lead emissions from vehicle exhausts (the result of
of continued use of leaded fuels) contribute to air pollution; acid rain,
rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; heavy
pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents
from rivers in eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal
The same text in 2000 and 2001.
- emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution;
- acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests;
- pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany;
- hazardous waste disposal;
- government currently attempting to define mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power;
- government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive
emissions from coal-burning utilitiesand lead emissions from vehicle exhausts (the result contribute to air pollution; acid
of continued use of leaded fuels)disposal disposal; government currently attempting to define mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power; government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive
The same text in 13 editions, 2002 to 2014.
- emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution;
- acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests;
- pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany;
- hazardous waste disposal;
- government established a mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power over the next 15 years;
- government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive
emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal; government currently attempting to define established a mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power; power over the next 15 years; government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive
The same text in 10 editions, 2015 to 2024.
- emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution;
- acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests;
- pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany;
- hazardous waste disposal;
- government established a mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power by 2022;
- government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive
emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal; government established a mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power over the next 15 years; by 2022; government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Germany: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/germany/environment-current-issues.