Germany Could Escape Carbon Hole at Home by Investing Abroad

  • Nation is set to miss its 2020 emissions-reduction target
  • Paris climate deal might spur unprecedented cooperation: RWE

Angela Merkel

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Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel finds herself in a bit of a pollution pickle.

After she promised voters just before the September general election that Europe’s biggest economy would find a way to meet its emissions target no matter what, her government is now signaling it may miss the 2020 goal.

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Germany Could Escape Carbon Hole at Home by Investing Abroad