July 10, 2018

At this stage, we are used to watching the State intervene in the electricity market, from the side of supply as well as demand. In production, the massive subsidy for renewable energies, the emission allowance trading system (EU ETS), the aid provided to the industry through cogeneration support mechanisms (CHP) and other mechanisms which are […]

On March 14th, Chancellor Angela Merkel was elected to a fourth term in office and will head a new grand coalition (Grosse Koalition – GroKo) between her conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). After four months of coalitions and negotiations, the new German government admits it will miss its 2020 climate targets

On 9 January, a Catholic church in Immerath, a city in western Germany, was destroyed to make way for the expansion of a gigantic coal (lignite) mine operated by RWE. This demolition took place in spite of protests by residents and environmental campaigners. These images, which seem to come from another time, evoke the drama