The German government is carrying out a rapid expansion of
renewable energies like wind, solar and biogas, yet the process is
taking a toll on nature conservation. The issue is causing a rift in the
environmental movement, pitting "green energy" supporters against
ecologists.
The Bagpipe, a woody knoll in northern Hesse, can only be recommended
to hikers with reservations. This here is lumberjack country. Broad,
clear-cut lanes crisscross the area. The tracks of heavy vehicles can be
seen in the snow. And there is a vast clearing full of the stumps of
recently felled trees.
Martin Kaiser, a forest expert with Greenpeace, gets up on a thick
stump and points in a circle. "Mighty, old beech trees used to stand all
over here," he says. Now the branches of the felled giants lie in large
piles on the ground. Here and there, lone bare-branch survivors project
into the sky.
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