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"BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people protested Saturday against plans to bulldoze
a village in western Germany to expand a coal mine that environmental activists
say should be shut down, not enlarged.
The German news agency dpa quoted police in the afternoon as saying that the
demonstration in Luetzerath, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Cologne,
passed by peacefully. About 2,000 people took part, dpa reported.
It came weeks after the village’s last farmer sold his property to the utility
company RWE after losing a court case against his eviction. The village is
still inhabited by activists, some of whom have built tree houses in a bid to
stop the nearby Garzweiler mine from being expanded.
Climate activists argue that the village and others nearby should not be
demolished because burning the coal that’s still in the ground undermines
Germany’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions."
Via Doug Senko.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
