If Germany Can't Quit Coal, Can Anyone Else?
Sometime next month, underground miners will dig Germany\u2019s last ton of black coal, load it onto a conveyor belt, and whisk it a mile to the surface of the Ibbenb\xfcren mining facility. From there, the high-energy anthracite will be tossed into a high-combustion chamber in an adjacent power plant, where it will be converted into electricity to light up this northwest corner of Germany\u2019s North Rhine-Westphalia state. It\u2019s been a good run at the Ibbenb\xfcren mine.