Hambacher Forest – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Fri, 27 Dec 2019 13:28:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Irrational thinking: Merkel’s government stunningly green-lights new coal-fired power plant https://energytransition.org/2019/12/irrational-thinking-merkels-government-stunningly-green-lights-new-coal-fired-power-plant/ https://energytransition.org/2019/12/irrational-thinking-merkels-government-stunningly-green-lights-new-coal-fired-power-plant/#respond Thu, 26 Dec 2019 14:00:51 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21471 Despite all their rhetoric, Angela Merkel’s Grand Coalition government is clearly not all that interested in really powering past coal. The latest evidence is its decision to allow the Uniper-owned 1,200 MW hard coal-fired power plant, Datteln 4, to come online in 2020 — against the recommendations of the Coal Commission. As the government embarks on a bizarre sales campaign peddling the idea that...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/12/irrational-thinking-merkels-government-stunningly-green-lights-new-coal-fired-power-plant/feed/ 0 Sacrifice towns: dispatches from Germany’s Energiewende frontlines https://energytransition.org/2019/04/dispatches-from-germanys-energiewende/ https://energytransition.org/2019/04/dispatches-from-germanys-energiewende/#respond Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:00:25 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19539 For most people, the transition away from coal and fossil fuels towards clean energy production is a remote idea. But for citizens living in a handful of towns located within Germany’s remaining brown coal mining districts, the Energiewende, or its increasingly slow progress, is anything but remote, L. Michael Buchsbaum explains. The “All Villages Remain”movement protects cities that are to be...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/04/dispatches-from-germanys-energiewende/feed/ 0 The German Coal Commission fails to honor the Paris Agreement https://energytransition.org/2019/02/german-coal-commission-fails/ https://energytransition.org/2019/02/german-coal-commission-fails/#respond Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:00:38 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19029 The German Coal Commission has recommended that all coal be phased out by 2038. But this trajectory won’t be quick enough to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement, says L. Michael Buchsbaum. Lignite mining area Gazweiler in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ( Public Domain) Days after the Coal Commission announced their recommendations, the climate activist members of the group held their own...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/02/german-coal-commission-fails/feed/ 0 In a win for the environment, Hambach Forest stands (for now) https://energytransition.org/2018/10/in-a-win-for-the-environment-hambach-forest-stands-for-now/ https://energytransition.org/2018/10/in-a-win-for-the-environment-hambach-forest-stands-for-now/#respond Tue, 09 Oct 2018 13:00:13 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=18034 Late on Thursday evening, the 4 th of October, tens of thousands of dedicated environmentalists were preparing for a battle. Shovels, axes, saws? Ready. Spray bottles to get tear gas out of your eyes? Filled. Masks to remain anonymous? Packed. L. Michael Buchsbaum reports from the Hambacher Forest. The Hambach forest must be preserved (Copyright L. Michael Buchsbaum) With all the tree houses...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2018/10/in-a-win-for-the-environment-hambach-forest-stands-for-now/feed/ 0 Forget him not: Why the struggle to save the Hambacher Forest continues https://energytransition.org/2018/10/struggle-to-save-the-hambacher-forest-continues/ https://energytransition.org/2018/10/struggle-to-save-the-hambacher-forest-continues/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:00:39 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=17960 After a week of skirmishes between scores of tree-occupying activists within the ancient Hambacher Forest and almost 4,000 police officers evicting them at the behest of the energy company RWE AG, the struggle has taken a tragic turn. L. Michael Buchsbaum reflects on the legacy of journalist Steffen Meyn. Steffen Meyn in a video from the treehouse in Beechtown (via his Twitter) On the afternoon of...

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