{"id":22368,"date":"2017-11-21T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/stop-using-hard-coal\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:19:23","slug":"munichs-exit-from-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/en\/munichs-exit-from-coal\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop using hard coal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Munich\u2019s exit from coal<\/h1>

The burning of coal is the most environmentally harmful form of energy generation and makes a significant contribution to climate change. Coal emissions are known to be damaging to human health, as they cause illnesses and lead to premature death.<\/span>. While there <\/span>has been much discussion nationwide about the urgent need to exit from<\/span> lignite coal mining<\/span>,<\/span> the<\/span> burning question<\/span> in Munich was how to close down the hard-coal-fired power plant HKW Nord.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The hard-coal-fired HKW Nord power plant produces more CO2<\/sub> emissions annually than all the cars and heavy vehicles in Munich put together and yet the plant was planning to stay operating until 2035 The power plant burns 800,000 tons of hard coal annually, releasing poisonous mercury in the process. Hard-coal mining causes huge destruction of the natural world and violates human rights all over the world. The imported coal is transported halfway around the globe from USA and Russia before it is unnecessarily burnt here in Germany. In order to stop this degree of climate devastation, we formed a broad alliance in 2017 to achieve success via a local referendum. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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With a broad alliance of Munich volunteers and NGOs, we collected 52,000 signatures to a People\u2019s Petition \u2013 enough to carry out a local referendum. The referendum that resulted from this initiative \u201cStop Using Hard Coal\u201d led to success in November 2017, with 60.4 % of eligible EU voters in Munich voting in favour of the People\u2019s Petition. <\/p>\n

However, the shut-down scheduled for 2022 has not yet occurred, after the Munich City Council, in view of the energy supply bottlenecks caused by the war in the Ukraine, decided to renew the operating life of Unit II of the hard-coal power plant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Protect the Planet provided personal and intensive support on many levels for the People\u2019s Petition \u201cStop Using Hard Coal\u201d to ensure the early closure of the HKW hard-coal power plant in the North of Munich. By leveraging our network, we were able to engage the support of additional prominent supporters and fellow campaigners.<\/p>\n

Closing down the old coal-fired power plant is the most important and affordable climate-change measure we can take in Munich and has the potential to achieve more than all of the combined efforts and campaigns of the past.<\/p>\n

The efforts made were huge and the joy upon seeing the great outcome of the referendum was even bigger. But the fight is not yet over. For Munich City Council has decided to allow the power plant to operate until at least 2026. However, it does intend to close it down well before 2028. The clear and unequivocal intention of People\u2019s Petition has been undermined by this decision. Climate protection is not absent for lack of public will \u2013 it is rather the result of political failure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Protect the Planet co-founder Markus Gohr<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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