The Garzweiler coal mine with wind turbines in background in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Westend61 / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. In a backwards move indicative of the world’s fitful transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, a wind farm in western Germany is being dismantled in order to make way for the expansion of an open-pit coal mine. The expansion of the lignite mine underscores Europe’s energy crisis, as energy security has sometimes taken precedence over clean energy. Last month, the German government ordered brown coal be brought back to boost energy supply, as Russian gas exports via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline dried up, reported The Guardian. Chancellor…
In Clean Energy Backslide, Germany Ditches Wind Farm for Coal Mine Expansion
