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May 31, 2011

Germany Going Green or Going Nuts?

Jacob Heilbrunn, Jacob Heilbrunn

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 Has Germany gone nuts? Or is it a trailblazer, a pioneer of where the rest of the world needs to go? Chancellor Angela Merkel has made the call to jettison nuclear power by 2022. Meanwhile, France is applauding its neighbor and continuing to rely on nuclear power. In Eastern Europe new nuclear power plants will be going up as well.

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TAGGED: Nuclear Energy, Germany

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