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Germany

Conservatives Win in Germany, But New Chancellor Will Be Limited in Ability to Make Big Changes to Climate and Energy Policy

The Christian Democrats are forming a new coalition, with plans that include a possible restart of nuclear power.

By Dan Gearino

 Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union, reacts after his speech during an election campaign stop on Feb. 20 in Berlin. Credit: Maja Hitij/Getty Images
Chris Wright testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of Energy on Jan. 15 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Ting Shen/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s New Energy Secretary Called Germany’s Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.’ But He Missed All the Nuance

By Dan Gearino
Volunteers and residents start the clean up process following severe flash flooding on July 18, 2021 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany. Credit: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images

New German Government Report Highlights Growing Climate Security Risks

By Bob Berwyn
Former President Donald Trump debates Vice President Kamala Harris for the first time during the presidential election campaign at the National Constitution Center on Sept. 10 in Philadelphia. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

A Trump Debate Comment About German Energy Policy Leaves Germans Perplexed

By Dan Gearino
Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick has lost more than 61 pounds during a hunger strike that has continued for nearly three months in Berlin, Germany. Credit: Stefan Müller/PIC ONE

A German Climate Activist Won’t End His Hunger Strike, Even With the Risk of Death Looming

By Keerti Gopal
Bicycle lanes on Kottbusser Damm in Berlin.

On the Streets of Berlin, Bicycles Have Enriched City Life — and Stoked Backlash

By Dan Gearino
A police officer removes a demonstrator during a march by climate activists of the "Letzte Generation" (Last Generation) group as they walk down Karl-Marx-Allee boulevard on their way to the Chancellery in Berlin on May 31, 2023. Credit: John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images

Disruptive Climate Protests Spur Police Raids in Germany and the US

By Kristoffer Tigue
Harbor cranes and a wind turbine are seen as the sun sets in Bremerhaven in northern Germany, on Oct. 19, 2017. Credit: Patrik Stollarz/AFP via Getty Images

Hobbled by Bureaucracy, a German R&D Program Falls Short of Climate-Friendly Goals

By Evan Robinson-Johnson
Hans-Hermann Magens, ascends the stairs to the newest windmill in the northern village of Raa-Besenbek, Germany Credit: Evan Robinson-Johnson, Medill News Service

With Revenue Flowing Into Its Coffers, a German Village Broadens Its Embrace of Wind Power

By Susanti Sarkar and Lynn Liu  
The Höegh Esperanza docked in the port of Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Credit: Christina van Waasbergen/MNS

German Leaders Promise That New Liquefied Gas Terminals Have a Green Future, but Clean Energy Experts Are Skeptical

By Christina van Waasbergen
The Höegh Esperanza, Germany’s first floating LNG terminal to be commissioned for service, sits just off the North Sea coast. Local residents say its bright lights disrupt the darkness on the nearby beach at night. Credit: Andreas Burmann/Niedersachsen Ports

As Germany Falls Back on Fossil Fuels, Activists Demand Adherence to Its Ambitious Climate Goals

By Emma Ricketts, Grant Schwab
The new Cheniere LNG export terminal is across the water, in Louisiana, from the neighborhood of Sabine Pass in Port Arthur, Texas. Credit: James Bruggers

Should EPA Back-Off Pollution Controls to Help LNG Exports Replace Russian Gas in Germany?

By James Bruggers
Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks in a general debate in a plenary session in the Bundestag. Credit: Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images

Germany’s New Government Had Big Plans on Climate, Then Russia Invaded Ukraine. What Happens Now?

By Dan Gearino
Olaf Scholz is the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Germany, which won the largest share of the vote, 25.7 percent, edging ahead of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU). Credit: Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images

German Election Prompts Hope For Climate Action, Worry That Democracies Can’t Do Enough

By Bob Berwyn
Volunteers and residents start the clean up process at their shops and restaurants following severe flash flooding on July 18, 2021 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany. Credit: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images

In a Summer of Deadly Deluges, New Research Shows How Global Warming Fuels Flooding

By Bob Berwyn
Re-Powering intern and an estate resident with the solar photo voltaic panels on the roof of Hackney council estate Bannister House, the first community solar installation on an estate in Hackney, London, United Kingdom. Credit: Andrew Aitchison/In pictures via Getty Images

As Big Energy Gains, Can Europe’s Community Renewables Compete?

By Paul Hockenos
German Chancellor Angela Merkel throws her voting card into the ballot box during passage of sweeping climate legislation in December 2019.

The Enigmatic ‘Climate Chancellor’ Pulls Off a Grand Finale

By Dan Gearino
Two cyclists ride on the car-free section of Friedrichstraße in Berlin, where a speed limit of 20 kilometers per hour (12 mph) applies. Credit: Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images

Trains, Walking, Biking: Why Germany Needs to Look Beyond Cars

By Dan Gearino
bucket-wheel excavator removes the first layer of soil for the expansion of the nearby Welzow open-pit lignite coal mine on August 20, 2010 near Drebkau, Germany. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

What Germany Can Teach the US About Quitting Coal

By Dan Gearino

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