German Brown Coal Industry Association
| German Brown Coal Industry Association (DEBRIV) |
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|---|---|
| purpose | Association of the lignite industry |
| Chair: | Helmar Rendez , chairman |
| Establishment date: | May 12, 1885 in Halle (Saale) |
| Seat : | Cologne / Berlin |
| Website: | www.braunkohle.de |
The German Brown Coal Industry Association ( DEBRIV for short, also known as the Federal Association of Brown Coal ) is the industry association of the German brown coal industry .
The association was founded in Halle (Saale) in 1885 . Formerly the focus was on the Central German lignite industry ; Today DEBRIV represents all major German lignite mining areas (Central German, Rhenish , Lusatian and Helmstedt areas ).
Members are companies that extract or process lignite in Germany, as well as companies and organizations that are involved in the recultivation of opencast mines or are involved in the lignite industry as plant manufacturers , suppliers or in some other way. The regular members include Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG , RWE Power AG , LMBV , MIBRAG and Romonta .
In addition to exchanging experiences and representing interests, the association conducts information and public relations work, provides technical experts and supports research and specialist training in the field of lignite.
The club's goal is z. B. To de-legitimize climate protection measures that threaten the business model of the lignite industry. Among other things, the association warns of the high costs of phasing out coal from its point of view . According to information from the ARD magazine Plusminus and Lobbycontrol , the association also uses Astroturfing campaigns for its PR work. So exist z. B. close personal, organizational and content-related similarities with the independent citizens' initiative Our area - Our future - An Rur and Erft , DEBRIV and RWE . In addition, the citizens' initiative, the association and the Ring Deutscher Bergingenieure shared the same mailbox ; The internet site of the citizens' initiative is also registered at the address of DEBRIV and the district association Rheinische Braunkohle.
Web links
- Early documents and newspaper articles on the German Brown Coal Industry Association in the 20th Century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://braunkohle.de/22-0-Vorstand.html
- ↑ a b Information on DEBRIV. On: braunkohle.de
- ↑ Uwe Maaßen: New DEBRIV chairman Johannes Lambertz: Flexible and efficient use should secure the future of lignite; Lignite Day celebrates the founding of the association 125 years ago in Halle - ambitious goals. DEBRIV press release from May 6, 2010
- ↑ DEBRIV Federal Association of Lignite | Ordinary members. Retrieved January 10, 2018 .
- ^ Inga Schlichting: Framing strategies in climate communication by industrial actors . In: Irene Neverla , Mike S. Schäfer (eds.), Das Medien-Klima questions and findings in communication-science climate research , Wiesbaden 2012, pp. 47–68, especially p. 55.
- ↑ Our area: the citizens' initiative and the lignite lobby . Lobby control website . Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ↑ Video: Lobbyism - How Industry Uses Citizens' Initiatives ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Plusminus website . Retrieved May 12, 2016.
