The country now risks missing at least the first two of those targets. Not what you would imagine from a nation that likes to present itself as the renewables lighthouse in a dark polluting world ahead of the Paris climate summit at the end of the year.
Energy minister Sigmar Gabriel earlier this spring proposed a climate levy on older fossil-fired power plants to reduce CO2 levels by an additional 22 million tonnes in order to reach Germany's 40% emission-cut target.
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