Green pioneer digs itself into a hole

• Autores: Fred Pearce
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2965, 2014, págs. 8-9
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Pearce talks about Germany's bold struggle to cut emissions. Last week Petra Rosch spoke proudly about how her farm in Proschim village, eastern Germany, had become an energy supplier for the area. It was the perfect image of Germany's claims to be the world leader in renewable energy, and a model for how the industrialized world can tackle climate change. There was just one problem. Later this month, Brandenburg's state government looks likely to wipe Proschim, and Rosch's renewables, off the map, as diggers excavate a huge extension to an opencast mine for brown coal, aka lignite. It will feed a nearby power station for the next 30 years at least