In Clean Energy Backslide, Germany Ditches Wind Farm for Coal Mine Expansion

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesOct 27, 2022, 9:48 pm200 pts
In a backwards move indicative of the world’s fitful transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, a wind farm in western Germany is being dismantled in order to make way for the expansion of an open-pit coal mine. The expansion of the lignite mine underscores Europe’s energy crisis, as energy security…

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