Analysts: German nuclear shutdown set to send emissions soaring

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Three-month hiatus in nuclear output could see eight million tonnes of carbon emitted as fossil fuels plug energy gap

Closing all German nuclear power stations built prior to 1980 for three months could see around eight million tonnes of carbon pumped into the atmosphere if fossil fuel stations are used to fill the resulting...

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