The energy company RWE has said for the hambach forest, irrespective of pending court decisions, a grubbing-up stop by 2020. The company had made the decision, in the grubbing-up season to the spring of 2020 not to chop down forests at the request of the North Rhine-Westphalian government in the sense of a pacification of the conflict, said RWE on Wednesday on request. After that, is likely to be re-cleared.
NRW Minister Armin Laschet (CDU), said in the morning in a under the direction of the state government the decisions of the coal Commission for the phasing out of brown coal: “From today, a deforestation moratorium for the hambach forest.” According to Laschet, the Moratorium until the autumn, so until the next deforestation season.
In the recommendations of the Commission of the receipt of the long-fought hambach forest had been referred to as “desirable”. Also Laschet this appeal. Laschet called on the forest squatters, once again, to leave the hambach forest. “All of the pages are now asked to put a sign of understanding.” At the same time, Laschet called on RWE to lay out all plans for new lignite-fired power plants “final files”.
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The CDU/FDP Federal state government wants to adjust the route decision to the lignite mining in the Rhenish area in the face of future reduced coal demand rapidly. Laschet called on the Parliament to a cross-party consensus. Because the new guiding decision should keep four election periods. He would therefore invite all the representatives of the parliamentary groups – except the AfD – to the dialogue. (dpa)
