German lawmakers...

...overwhelmingly approved on Thursday plans to shut the country's nuclear plants by 2022, putting Europe's biggest economy on the road to an ambitious build-up of renewable energy. The lower house of parliament voted 513-79 for the shutdown plan drawn up by Chancellor Angela Merkel's government after Japan's post earthquake nuclear disaster. (Snip) By 2020, Germany wants to double the share of energy stemming from water, wind, sun or biogas to at least 35 percent. (GO: Good luck with that last part)