Business Green: Environmental groups have enormous political power in Germany. For years, they have been urging the federal government to ban fracking. A policy review has been ongoing at the highest levels for more than 5 years. Finally, the fossil fuel companies said they had waited long enough and announced they would seek permits to begin fracking operations immediately.
That was enough to spur the government to act. On Friday, the lower house of the German legislature enacted a ban on fracking. Chancellor...