Angela Merkel is not the climate angel the world thinks she is — Quartz

Angela Merkel is not the climate angel the world thinks she is — Quartz: German chancellor Angela Merkel has an eco-friendly reputation. She’s been hailed for supporting international climate agreements and backing renewable energy technologies. On closer inspection, however, the chancellor’s renown has always been based more on fairytale than fact. A popular myth, for instance, is that Merkel is the mother of Germany’s Energiewende—that is, its transition to...