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The Federal Environment Agency's (Umweltbundesamt) activities in 1991 were determined by research into the global environmental threats and by efforts at establishing equal ecological conditions of life in unified Germany. Emphasis was on the initiation and continuation of numerous projects contributing to the ecological redevelopment of the new provinces of Germany, and on the compilation of environmental data, east and west, for the first all-German 'environmental data 1990/91' report. A report with forecasts through 2005 on air and noise pollution caused by road traffic was published for the first time for eastern and western Germany in 1991. This report reveals that control over air pollution caused by road traffic cannot be gained unless improvements in vehicular technology and environmental engineering are completed by adequate traffic policies. This is especially true for the release of carbon dioxides which are held responsible for the greenhouse effect. The conventional approaches to minimizing air pollution caused by energy consumption, i.e. energy conservation and energy utilization regulations, were extended by feasibility studies of economic carbon dioxide reduction instruments. More emphasis was placed on the interdisciplinary development of product ecobalances. A study group was appointed to compile the required data concerning the significance, present state, and prospects of ecological product assessment. The Federal Environmental Agency's dedicated long-time projects on, e.g. packaging, detergents, rape oil petroleum substitutes, electric-powered vehicles, PVC products, waste disposal techniques, were continued. (orig./BBR).