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Merkel under pressure on coal ahead of G7 climate push

2015-06-03 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France Presse: Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping to send a robust message on climate change from a G7 summit this weekend but may be undermined by Germany's own heavy dependence on coal. Europe's top economy sees itself as a pioneer among industrialised nations for its "energy transformation" pushing the development of renewables while phasing out nuclear power. However the ambitious drive, prompted by Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, has extended its reliance on coal, particularly the country's...

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