Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany's decision to reactivate coal and oil-fired power plants to relieve energy shortages because of the war in Ukraine is only temporary and his government remains committed to doing 바카라everything바카라 to combat the climate crisis.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany's decision to reactivate coal and oil-fired power plants to relieve energy shortages because of the war in Ukraine is only temporary and his government remains committed to doing 바카라everything바카라 to combat the climate crisis.
In a video message Saturday, Scholz expressed regret over Germany's decision to fire up 16 dormant fossil fuel power plants and extend the operating permission for 11 more amid fears of further cuts in natural gas supplies from Russia.
바카라The fact that because of Russia's brutal attack on Ukraine we now have to temporarily use some power plants that we had already taken out of operation is bitter,바카라 he said. 바카라But it is only for a very short time.바카라
Scholz insisted that Germany remains committed to ending its greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 바카라 the earliest of any major industrialized nation 바카라 and noted a recent package of measures approved by parliament to boost the rollout of renewable energy.
바카라We want to do everything we can to combat the climate crisis,바카라 he said.
But environmentalists say the government could be doing much more, including imposing a general speed limit and restricting domestic flights to save fuel. Climate campaigners have also blocked major roads in and around Berlin recently in protest against plans for new oil and gas projects in the North Sea.
Scholz and the country's energy minister, Robert Habeck, have ruled out extending the operating life of Germany's three remaining nuclear plants beyond this year, arguing that this would not solve Germany's energy needs.