Energy crisis
Germany authorizes coal-fired power plants to compensate for gas shortages
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The German government has approved the reactivation of coal and oil-fired power plants as part of a package of measures to save gas. The Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection says the measure will be temporary and will not affect the target of abandoning coal by 2030.