Schwarze Pumpe: Structural change in the soil too

Half-time in the soil remediation at the former Spremberg gas combine. It was the largest energy combine in the former GDR. Until the 1990s, briquette factories, electricity and steam generation, coking plants and town gas production were located on the Schwarze Pumpe site. Up to 125,000 tonnes of raw lignite per day were delivered from the surrounding opencast mines, processed and around 85 per cent of the total town gas [...]

Flood disaster in NRW

Big challenge for Lobbe on land and on water On 14 July, dark clouds gather in the sky and the German Weather Service issues a storm warning. In the night of 15 July, the first consequences of the heavy rainfall become visible. In Hagen and Iserlohn, streets become raging rivers, the masses of water wash out houses, sweep away cars [...]

Between pollutant clean-up, hazard prevention and monument protection

"We now have a purity here that you probably don't even have in your living room." The Völklingen Ironworks stands for pioneering spirit, for the heyday of iron production. The ironworks was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 with the aim of preserving the imposing industrial monument in its entirety, authentically conserving the splendour of yesteryear for future generations. [...]