What is Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection?
{{Infobox government agency | agency_name =Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection | logo = Bundesadler Bundesorgane.svg | jurisdiction = [[Government of Germany]] | parent_agency = | formed = 6 June 1986 | headquarters = [[Bonn]], [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]] | minister1_name = [[Steffi Lemke]], <br />Bundesminister für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit | employees = 814 | website = [http://www.bmu.de/ www.bmu.de/] }} [[File:Kornbru2.JPG|thumb|Ministry [[HQ]], [[Bonn]]]] The '''Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection''' is a ministry of the Federal Republic of [[Germany]]. Its first headquarters is in [[Bonn]]. It has a second base in [[Berlin]]. Headquarters in Bonn. == Structure == The Federal Ministry of the Environment ({{lang-de|Bundesumweltministerium}}) is in charge of the [[ecology|ecological]] policy of the federal government. It is also in charge of environmental protection. Being in charge of nuclear reactor safety helps the BMU protect the environment. The Federal minister appoints two junior ministers ({{lang-de|Parlamentarischen Staatssekretäre}}) to help him. These two help the minister in the [[Bundestag]] and in making policy, they have no power to make rules or change the way the department works. 814 people work for the ministry, in one of six departments: * Department ZG: Central division, environmental protection * Department AI: Climate protection, renewable energies and international cooperation * Department WA: Water-supply, waste management, soil conservation and residual wastes * Department IG: Pollution protection and health consequences, environment and traffic, plants and chemical safety * Department N: Nature and protection of species, genetic engineering, countryside and forestry *Department RS: Radiation protection, In addition, * The [[Federal Office of Conservation]] Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), * the [[Federal Office of Radiation Protection]]