Germany’s plan to abandon nuclear power makes no sense

It's beyond belief that Germany, already at the economic and political mercy of Russia for 40 per cent of its domestic natural gas supply, plans to put its neck further into the Russian noose by abandoning a secure power source and converting to Russian g

CALGARY, ALTA.—Germany is being run by crazy people. On June 30, the Bundestag voted overwhelmingly to shut down every nuclear power plant in Germany, representing 25 per cent of the country's online power. Did they fear a tsunami? The plan is to close the last nuclear plant by 2022. It's b...

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