Germany has come face-to-face with reality, and it's chilly.
Germany has come face-to-face with reality, and it's chilly.
It’s difficult to cajole developing countries to abandon coal while reopening your own coal-fired power plants.
That’s the dilemma facing leaders of the G7 rich industrialized countries at their three-day summit starting Sunday. Dealing with gas shortages and the need to break free of Russian energy dependence, they’re looking to pour money into fossil fuels — but that doesn’t jibe with their message to poorer countries that they should make the jump to green energy to stop global warming.
**It’s difficult to cajole developing countries to abandon coal while reopening your own coal-fired power plants.**
**That’s the dilemma facing leaders of the G7 rich industrialized countries at their three-day summit starting Sunday. Dealing with gas shortages and the need to break free of Russian energy dependence, they’re looking to pour money into fossil fuels — but that doesn’t jibe with their message to poorer countries that they should make the jump to green energy to stop global warming.**
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/06/25/cheers-climate-backtracking-germany-pushes-for-g-7-reversal-on-fossil-fuels-in-climate-blow-u-turn-in-global-efforts-to-fight-climate-change/
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