Germany’s suicidal move How shutting down its last nuclear plants will doom its economy and climate

Germany has officially ended its nuclear power era, closing its last three remaining reactors on Saturday. The move marks the completion of a long-planned transition away from atomic energy and toward renewable sources. The final shutdown of the plants - Emsland, Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim II - was celebrated by environmental groups and anti-nuclear activists, who have campaigned for decades against a technology they consider unsafe and unsustainable. But it also sparked criticism from some experts and politicians, who warned of the risks of losing a reliable and low-carbon source of electricity. Germany’s decision to phase out nuclear power was triggered by the Fukushima disaster in Japan in 2011, when an earthquake and tsunami caused three reactors to melt down. The incident prompted then-Chancellor Angela Merkel, a former proponent of nuclear energy, to announce a “turning point“ for Germany’s energy policy and accelerate the closure of its 17 reactors. The government