Extract from end of day adjournment debate (Commons) on Nuclear Energy Policy: Climate Change - Feb 5
Thursday, 6 February 2020 09:10
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Virginia Crosbie (Ynys Môn) (Con):...Countries like Germany have
tried to decarbonise by shutting down their nuclear power stations
and opening open-cast lignite coal mines—the dirtiest form of coal
possible—to keep the lights on when their wind and solar fleet is
not generating enough electricity. Their long-term solution is to
pipe in gas from Russia, but that is still a polluting fossil fuel.
The Nord Stream 2 project risks Germany becoming too
dependent on gas from Russia,...Request free trial
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