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Clean Energy Wire CLEW produces and facilitates top-quality journalism about the energy transition in Germany and beyond. Our CLEW Journalism Network fosters cross-border cooperation among reporters covering the move towards a climate-friendly society. A global energy transition is the key to getting the climate crisis under control. As a real-world laboratory, renewable energy pioneer Germany showcases what the shift to a climate-friendly future means for citizens, businesses and society as a whole. Good journalism is central to drawing the right conclusions from the experience of Europe's biggest economy, and to inform the public debate across the globe. Clean Energy Wire CLEW covers the big stories and news of Germany's Energiewende with well-researched, fact-based and nuanced reporting and background information. As a foundation-funded non-profit outfit, we are independent of business, political or other special interests. We help with research, dig out data, and establish contacts with relevant players in Germany and beyond. We also offer research tours and workshops that put international journalists right at the heart of the energy transition. The CLEW Journalism Network provides a platform run by and for journalists for the exchange of knowledge and ideas, and for collaborative projects on climate and energy. Clean Energy Wire CLEW can offer its services free of charge thanks to its funders, Stiftung Mercator and the European Climate Foundation. The CLEW team also runs award-winning German-language climate science communication site klimafakten.de. More than 1,600 subscribers have signed up for a CLEW newsletter, 1,000 of them get the daily briefing. Our 2018 user survey showed the journalists who use our website are experienced professionals from all types of media, mostly focusing on energy and climate topics. Our other users work for a wide range of employers, from companies and business associations to NGOs and government agencies.