Greens reject coal offer tabled by conservatives, FDP in German coalition talks
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Green Party has rejected an offer tabled by its aspiring coalition partners to reduce the country鈥檚 coal power capacity by up to 5 gigawatt (GW), news agency Reuters reports. Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the pro-business FDP say that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal capacity can be reduced by a maximum of 3 to 5 GW by 2020 without threatening power supply security. The Greens, on the other hand, insist that capacity must be reduced by 8 to 10 GW to achieve a corresponding reduction in carbon emissions in line with the national 2020 climate targets. 鈥淲hat has been tabled is not enough鈥�, Green Party co-leader Simone Peter said. Germany wants to reduce CO2 emissions by 40 percent by 2020 compared to 1990 levels, and reducing coal power is supposed to contribute around half to meeting this goal, Reuters writes.
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