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Germany's top court starts hearing on nuclear shutdown
2016-03-15 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Power firms brought a legal challenge on Tuesday against a German government decision to shut down the country's nuclear plants by 2022, a lawsuit that could allow them to claim 19 billion euros ($21 billion) in damages. In a case that pits a struggling energy industry against the government, Germany's Constitutional Court will examine the arguments of E.ON, RWE and Vattenfall [VATN.UL], who want to be compensated for the closure. The two-day hearing that opened on Tuesday comes five years...
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