Since 1995, I have been a journalist, and after almost 30 years in this profession, I still love what I am doing.
Below, you´ll find some of my recent stories that have been translated into English.
Black Gold Rush in Guyana: Is the World
Really Ready to Abandon Fossile Fuels?
World leaders insist it is time to leave the fossil fuel era behind. But oil companies are making more money than ever before. A new mammoth project off the coast of Guyana shows why the energy transition remains more of a dream than reality: the government desperately needs money - for its fight against climate change...
IEA Chief Birol speaks out:
"We will even miss the 2-degree goal if energy policy does not change fundamentally"
Despite all the talk of a shift to green energies and achieving climate neutrality, humanity is burning more fossil fuels than ever. In an interview, Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency, advocates for radical measures - and foresees a potential reversal in the current trend.
Europe at Risk of Losing the Lithium Race
Without lithium, copper and rare earths, our mobile phones, electric cars and wind turbines wouldn't function. Currently we are almost exclusively dependent on China for these critical raw materials. But there might be a way out.
The Russian gas continues to flow
The EU promised to quickly wean itself off of Russian natural gas. But the European Commission in Brussels is far behind its stated goals - with some potentially serious consequences for the upcoming winter.
Multimedia: A Voice for the Dead: Recovering the Lost History of Sobibór
Henchmen with the Nazi SS sought to cover up the mass murder that occurred at the Sobibór concentration camp in eastern
Poland. Archeologists recently uncovered the site's hidden gas chambers and important artifacts that shed light on the victims. A multimedia feature story for SPIEGEL.de.
> "This was the Best Moment of my Life" - an Interview with Sobibór Shoa Survivor Philip Bialowitz