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Scholz: Germany’s increased coal, oil use will be temporary

FILE - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz briefs the media after a meeting with the Prime Minister of Slovenia Robert Golob at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany’s decision to reactivate coal and oil-fired power plants to relieve energy shortages because of the war in Ukraine is only temporary and his government remains committed to doing “everything” to combat the climate crisis. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Scholz: Germany’s increased coal, oil use will be temporary