myke: if you're environmentally minded, then stop using jetskis or whatever those damn water motorbikes are called. they are a nuisance for sure
as to your question, the government was transferred to berlin after a vote in parliament in 1991. certain government functions remain in other places like in bonn in order to minimize job losses in the provinces; lots of agencies such as criminal investigation and the federal courts do too, but the real stuff is happening in berlin.