Germany Gives Dirtiest Coal Plants Six Years for Phase Out
July 02, 2015 at 13:27 PM EDT
German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said 13 percent of power stations burning lignite, a cheap form of coal, would be phased out by 2021 under a program to cut power industry pollution. The government abandoned talks on proposals to impose a climate-change fee that the industry said would have forced mines and plants to close, threatening jobs.
