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Switching off a nation: no-coal Germany

14 February 2019

6:42 PM

14 February 2019

6:42 PM

In 19 years’ time, Germany will have no more coal mines and coal power plants, bringing to an end hundreds of years of successful history powering first the German Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century and then the post-WWII economic miracle:

A leading mainstream politician in a major industrial nation this week said the country will phase out coal power, completely, in less than two decades’ time.

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