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Monday, February 18th, 2019

Germany wants to reduce its carbon emissions so it’s closing its coal plants

Author:     Sasha Lekach
Source:     Mashable
Publication Date:     JAN 27, 2019
 Link: Germany wants to reduce its carbon emissions so it’s closing its coal plants
Stephan:   In the United States, the Trump Administration and the Republican Senate are doing everything they can to keep coal alive. In Germany and other countries run by governments that actually care about their populations, and the earth itself, things are rather different. Here is the report from Germany.

A coal site in Germany scheduled to be shut down under a climate change proposal.
Credit: BODO MARKS/PICTURE ALLIANCE/GETTY

It took hours, but Germany finally agreed on a plan to close its coal power plants and rely heavily on renewable energy sources.

The country will shut down 84 coal-based power plants — that’s all of them — by 2038 a government group decided on Saturday. The commission convened in Berlin to map out how to move away from coal.

Fossil fuels still account for about 40 percent of Germany’s power, according to The Guardian, despite recent gains in renewable energysources. The country also plans to move away from nuclear energy by 2022. Once it gets there, renewable energy will be the main source of power.

The 2038 goal will cost $45 billion, according to the Los Angeles Times. The decision comes ahead of an energy report from the German coal commission to be released on Feb. 1.

Around the world Saturday, climate change activists held die-ins and other protests to […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Monday, February 18, 2019 at 1:45 pm

    It is good to see a country who takes climate change seriously as we should, but don’t, at least with the Republicans are running our country. I do not know how they can ignore such a catastrophic danger climate change is since it will effect them as much as the rest of us. We really should vote them out of office as soon as possible and make sure their replacements know what most of the rest of the world takes seriously. This could be the Sixth extinction event which takes our species with it, and mean the end of the human race.