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Climate protest organizers demand faster German coal exit
'Deadline of 2038 is too late,' cut greenhouse emissions by 2035
08 April, 17:09
(ANSA-AP) - BERLIN, 08 APR - A group that has helped organize
weekly student protests in Germany against climate change is
calling for the country's phase-out of coal-fired power plants
to be sped up. The group Fridays For Future says the current
tentative deadline of 2038 is too late and should be brought
forward by eight years.
At a news conference in Berlin, leaders of the group said
Monday that Germany should also generate all of its energy from
renewable sources and cut net greenhouse gas emissions to zero
by 2035.
The protests, inspired by Swedish teen activist Greta
Thunberg, have grown rapidly in size in Germany and elsewhere
since last year. Some politicians have criticized the fact that
they've involved thousands - and sometimes tens of thousands -
of students skipping school each Friday. (ANSA-AP).
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