Environment campaigner Greenpeace points out that Vattenfall is urging people to sign petitions against climate change but is building a new brown coal power plant in Germany. 'You cannot get worse for the environment,' said spokeswoman Meike Baretta in the Volkskrant.
Dutch minister backs Nuon takeover by Sweden
Economic affairs minister Maria van der Hoeven is positive about the takeover of the second biggest Dutch energy firm by state-owned Swedish company Vattenfall, according to Dutch media reports.