A Clash of Green and Brown: Germany Struggles to End Coal

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By Yale Environment 360Jul 7, 2015, 9:52 am84 pts
A recent battle over imposing a “climate fee” on coal-fired power plants highlights Germany’s continuing paradox: Even as the nation aspires to be a renewable energy leader, it is exploiting its vast reserves of dirty brown coal. BY CHRISTIAN SCHWAGERL

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