German coal: back to the future
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Germany is shutting all its nuclear plants by 2022 and has to get its baseload electrical power from somewhere. Erratic renewables can never fill that role. If they tried such a so-called climate protest in China, they could expect a reward of a free ride to a place of detention, or maybe something more vigorous.
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Germany has pledged to phase out coal production by 2038, says DW.com.
Protesters think the new Datteln 4 coal power plant in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia should not have been fired up.
Around 500 climate activists on Saturday gathered outside the new Datteln 4 coal power plant in Germany’s Ruhr region, to protest against its opening.
Fridays for Future, Greenpeace, as well as German groups Ende Gelände and the German Federation for Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND) were represented at the protests.
During the night into Saturday, climate activists graffitied the slogan “Climate crisis, made in Germany” on the side of the tower.
The plant, owned by Dusseldorf-based energy company Uniper, began running on Saturday, after a nearly 10-year delay to its initial start date.
It fired up just months after Germany unveiled a plan to phase out coal by 2038.
Full report here.
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June 1, 2020 at 06:00AM
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