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German lawmakers approve plan to phase out use of coal

by Associated Press
| July 3, 2020 4:06 AM

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's lower house of parliament voted Friday to finalize the country's long-awaited phase-out of coal as an energy source, backing a plan that environmental groups say isn't ambitious enough and free marketeers criticize as a waste of taxpayers' money.

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