Magdeburg (dpa/sa) - The Greens in Saxony-Anhalt consider an earlier phase-out of coal to be sensible from an economic perspective. "Prime Ministers Haseloff, Kretschmer and Woidke are endangering East Germany as a business location," said state chairwoman Madeleine Linke. The three prime ministers of the states of Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Brandenburg sharply criticized plans by the federal government for an early exit from coal on Wednesday.
"Companies like Intel finally chose Saxony-Anhalt as a new location because of the high proportion of renewables in the local electricity mix," said Linke. The renewables are an enormous location advantage and have become a "real economic magnet". According to Linke, the ambitious expansion must continue. "Anyone who wants to hold on to coal for longer is acting negligently and is endangering Saxony-Anhalt as a business location," she added. Haseloff should accept the federal government's offer to renegotiate.
In the interests of climate protection, the coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP wants to "ideally" bring the end of coal mining and coal-fired power generation from 2038 to 2030. For the Rhenish mining area, this has meanwhile been established. Habeck also wants acceleration for the East German coalfields. However, he encounters criticism from the affected federal states of Brandenburg, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
