Tag: coal

Angela Merkel probably understands the climate crisis better than most heads of government. Nevertheless, her actual climate policy record is weak.

Parallel to the US Midterm elections, referendums on climate policy were also voted on in […]

Three in four Germans want to phase out coal. Merkel willl have to deliver.

With elections looming, Merkel’s flagship energy policy faces its greatest threat yet.

In mid-May I toured eastern Canada to talk about how citizens pushed for Germany’s transition […]

Last week I took the Energiewende on the road along the US East Coast.

Back in 2014 Craig Morris and I wrote a paper on the German coal conundrum. […]

A survey of American climate activists by Grist inspired us to conduct our own survey on the priorities of […]

Is Germany building new coal plants to replace nuclear despite the country’s green ambitions? Many […]