“For me, it is particularly important that the structure of the law to strengthen in the medium are provided that can be used by the countries own support programmes for investments,” the Minister said on Friday. For a total of 14 billion Euro, of which around 1.1 billion euros to the Saxon part of the Central German mining district and 2.4 billion euros on the Saxon part of the Lusatian mining district are omitted. Saxony per year 176 million euros. Mainly jobs are maintained and created, as well as the regions and economic locations strengthened. The Bundestag and the Bundesrat had to exit on Friday, the two key laws for the Coal and in the context of billions in aid – decided.
The Green party in the Landtag of the phase-out of coal-fired power generation takes too long. In addition, they criticized that the legislation targets for the Expansion of renewable energies. Also Saxony’s Minister of energy, Wolfram, Günther (Green), the Paris climate protection targets at risk. However, he welcomed the fact that the Bundestag will deal later with the issues of water resources in mining regions. It had been a resolution, it said. In the last week, the Minister had warned again and again not to put the issue on the Agenda, so that Saxony remains to cover the costs. “It would be grossly been negligent, the ticking time bomb of tens of billions of euros of water-eternity is not loads of to get now on the table.”
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