One of Germany’s newest coal-fired power plants rises here from the banks of a 100-year-old canal that once shipped coal mined from the Ruhr Valley to the world... The 750-megawatt Trianel Kohlekraftwerk Luenen GmbH & Co. power plant relies completely on coal imports, about half from the U.S...

Coal mining’s demise in Germany comes as the country is experiencing a resurgence in coal-fired power.

Last year, Germany’s carbon dioxide emissions grew by 1.2 percent, in large part because the country burned more coal.

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