Germany's Nuclear Phase-Out: A Divisive Decision in the Face of Climate Change.

Germany's last three nuclear power plants are set to go offline by midnight, with anti-atomic activists celebrating victory while demonstrators march against the closures. The issue of nuclear energy is an ideological fault-line that splits the country, with both sides accusing each other of irrational ideology. Germany gets almost half of its electricity from renewables, and the government argues that keeping the three ageing atomic power stations online would need huge investment, funds that should go into renewable energy sources. Despite predictions of shortages and black-outs, Germany produces more energy than it needs, exporting energy to France over the summer, where nuclear power stations could not operate because of extreme weather.