Fight over Climate Targets: Prime Minister Schwesig Warns Against "Climate Protection with the Crowbar"

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In several federal states, a debate about advanced or backward-shifted climate targets has flared up. While Rhineland-Palatinate wants to prefer climate neutrality to 2040, other countries take more time. In the north, Manuela Schwesig is slowing down the plans of its own coalition.

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For Greifswald climate protection is not a project, but a principle. The university and Hanseatic city drives the heat transition with impressive consequence

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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Minister-President Manuela Schwesig (SPD) warns against overly ambitious climate targets. "Climate protection must not be achieved by force," she said in the "Welt am Sonntag" newspaper. The Heating Act passed during the last legislative period severely damaged the important goal of climate protection. "It must be ensured that Germany's competitiveness is not jeopardized and that climate protection measures are de…