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German Energy Policy Lost: ‘Energiewende Has Failed,’ Says Leading Enviro

In an opinion piece at the Mittel Bayerische daily, Harry Neumann, National Chairman of the environmental group Naturschutzinitiative e.V. declares Germany’s Energiewende (transition to renewable energies) a failure and writes: “The wind power industry and nature protection cannot be reconciled.”,,, Neumann also notes that despite having installed close to 30,000 wind turbines, Germany’s “CO2 emissions are not dropping, but rather are rising again.” He adds, During the expansion of renewable energies, they failed from the start to set impact limits too protect nature, species, forests, and landscapes.” click here to read the story 12:43