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Coal row takes shine off Germany's green image before G7 summit
2015-05-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's clean energy drive earned it a reputation as a green leader but a domestic row over coal has highlighted the challenge of balancing economic and environmental demands and threatens its ability to lead by example. Angela Merkel, once dubbed the "climate chancellor", hopes to encourage the Group of Seven industrial nations to commit to tough goals to cut greenhouse gases at a June 7-8 summit in Bavaria before a larger year-end United Nations climate meeting in Paris. In charge of Europe's...
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