“Industry demands fast coal dialogue”
Handelsblatt
An association of large companies including Deutsche Bahn, Telekom and Aida Cruises is calling for a timely start to the “dialogue about a coal consensus”, writes Silke Kersting in Handelsblatt. In a declaration by the Foundation 2° – seen by Handelsblatt – the companies say that in the medium to long term, ambitious climate protection is only possible without power generation from coal. A coal dialogue would provide the planning security needed for the energy industry and the basis for investment and innovation capacities, boosting the competitiveness of the economy as a whole, according to the declaration.
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