Germany's conservative-led government has launched a drive to rapidly build more gas-fired power plants, fuelling fears about climate policy backsliding and sparking unease even within its own ranks.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/46214865

Plans to build more gas plants are not new, and the previous government also wanted to expand capacity, but the new targets are around double those of the past.

  • Anonymaus@feddit.orgEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Russia and china do not fall under the western countries category, my previous comment was meant for western countries and how the majority of them realigned their green policy, after usa changed theirs

    • Scotty@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
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      6 days ago

      So Russia and China, number 2 and 3 world gas consumers, are increasing their gas consumption independently, right? Is is that what you say? For the world climate it doesn’t make a difference.

      • Anonymaus@feddit.orgEnglish
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        6 days ago

        What Im trying to say is, that usa and eu are also contributing to global warming-not just china and russia