(Source). Let me guess, they used their wealth and discretion to scare, push and bribe our ‘leadership’ into a wrong and unethical decision. The argument as always is jobs.
"But with thousands of jobs on the line, Germany
led other coal-mining countries such as Spain in pushing hard to extend
subsidies to 2018, to fit around Berlin’s own national laws."
The reason is not jobs, because the mining industry tries to shed as much jobs as possible to be ‘efficient’. The real argument is that some individuals get richer, that some are confused and that some find their ambitions blocked otherwise and none of these want to stand up for our future. Our leaders are in the trinity (banking, energy and industries) and they care not for our lives.