Merkel Shakes Up Energiewende

![][1] Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel shook up Germany's energy revolution by firing her environment minister, Norbert Rottgen, who was a stalwart proponent of the shift to renewables as Germany phases out nuclear power. Ostensibly, her sacking of Rottgen, who was considered a close ally and possible future chancellor, had nothing to

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