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Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - The key decision of the state government for coal production in the Rhenish Revier is, from the perspective of the Greens, “a document of missed opportunities”.
Postponing the decision on the future of five villages on the edge of the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine to the end of 2026 is nothing more than holding off the affected residents, criticized Green parliamentary group leader Verena Schäffer on Thursday in the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament.
In fact, only the interests of the energy company RWE were taken into account.
The FDP rejected that.
NRW Minister of Economic Affairs Andreas Pinkwart (FDP) underlined that for the first time a mining company was required to present a concept for adequate protection of the mining follow-up costs.
The SPD opposition, however, misses the commitment.
In principle, however, she was much more satisfied with the lead decision than the Greens and sees many of her positions taken into account.
The SPD MP Stefan Kämmerling, like the CDU MP Romina Plonsker, appealed to the Greens not to stir up uncertainty and not to “keep pouring fuel into the fire”.
Now it is a matter of jointly leading the energy transition in the Rheinische Revier to success.
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Pinkwart presented the main features of the guiding decision to the state parliament.
15,000 jobs are directly and indirectly dependent on lignite, said Pinkwart.
Even before these jobs disappeared, the state government was working on setting the course for a fresh start.
The minister said that the loss of jobs would be compensated for until the 1930s.
"I am quite sure we will surpass it."
By the end of the decade, more than 6,000 new jobs would be created in future industries such as bio and circular economy as well as in the field of new energies.
The AfD opposition, on the other hand, expects high job losses and a threat to security of supply from the exit from coal-fired power generation.
"Your key decision is a milestone towards a blackout," said AfD MP Christian Loose.
The FDP MP Jörn Freynick, however, sees the Rhenish Revier in the process of becoming a climate-friendly model region, "which will be unparalleled in Europe".
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