Ethics Commission Meets Over Nuclear Energy Future

BERLIN, GERMANY – APRIL 04: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, flanked by Minister of the Chancellery Ronald Pofalla (L) and Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen, sit down for the first meeting of the recently-formed Ethics Commission on energy at the Chancellery on April 4, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The Commission, made up of representatives from science, religion, labour and politics, will accompany Germany’s transition away from nuclear toward renewable energy sources. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)