December 21, 2012

Clean Break: Germany's Energy Transformation

Jeff Biggers, Huffington Post


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Energiewende might be the most important German word to ever enter our American vocabulary. Thanks to journalist Osha Davidson's riveting new ebook, Clean Break: The Story of Germany's Energy Transformation -- and What Americans Can Learn From It, the story of Germany's Energiewende or power shift will hopefully become a driving part of our own energy lexicon.

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TAGGED: Osha Davidson, Angela Merkel, nuclear energy, renewable energy, Germany

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