Dimmed street lights, shorter showers: Germany leads Europe energy savings drive

BERLIN/AUGSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Summer nights in the wealthy Bavarian city of Augsburg this year are eerily dark and quiet: The facades of historic buildings are not illuminated, street lights are dimmed and most of the fountains are not operating.

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