Germany’s more ambitious climate goals pressure industry to clean up
By DW
13 May 2021 |
7:26 am
The 2030 targets are a "gigantic" task that will push the export-reliant economy to hasten its phase-out of coal-fired power plants and cars that run on fossil fuels.
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