Some months ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a decision to try to extend the working life of Germany's oldest nuclear power plants. Yesterday, Chancellor Merkel flip-flopped on that unpopular decision and -- announced that Germany's ruling coalition has decided to shut down its nuclear power plants by 2022
This event is TOMORROW NIGHT (Tuesday, 17 May 2011), so try to make plans to go if you are interested. I don't have anything to add to this, so will just post the entire press release below:
As I mentioned yesterday, the Obama Administration was sending over its blueprint for the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (pdf) The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg on the…