The lower house of Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, has passed a controversial reform of the country’s Climate Protection Act, which will significantly overhaul how targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are implemented. The proposed changes have been deeply controversial, with some environmental groups sharply opposed to the changes. The opposition conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) also objected to the reforms, and unsuccessfully sued to delay Friday’s vote. The reforms have been primarily pushed by the free-mar…