A secure power supply would be guaranteed even if coal were completely phased out by 2030 - this is the conclusion of a report by the Federal Network Agency. The report is a topic in the cabinet this Wednesday. It states that the secure supply of electricity is guaranteed in the period 2025 to 2031 - despite the increasing power consumption by heat pumps, electric vehicles or electrolysers and also with a complete phase-out of coal by 2030."This means that...
coal protest Bundestag debates about Lützerath's mission Police officers lead a climate activist in Lützerath from the site. photo © Federico Gambarini/dpa Lützerath was evacuated in a day-long police operation against the resistance of hundreds of climate activists. After the riots, there is a great need for talks. In a current hour in the Bundestag on the protests in Lützerath, there was a discussion about the behavior of the police and demonstrators as well as the energy policy of the...
coal protests Last building in Lützerath demolished There is no longer a house in Lützerath. photo © Henning Kaiser/dpa The old Lützerath no longer exists. The small town on the edge of the Garzweiler lignite mine was finally razed to the ground. However, the dismantling is still in full swing. The last house was demolished on Thursday in Lützerath on the edge of the Rhenish opencast lignite mine. This was announced by the energy company RWE. A spokesman emphasized that...
In the small town of Lützerath, in North Rhineland (Germany), between the activists and environmental activists and the police, nothing is going well. That day, the police officers forcibly evacuated the ZAD from this hamlet. For good reason, about 300 activists prevented the creation of an extension of a huge open-pit lignite mine, one of the largest in Europe, operated by the German energy company RWE.Following the action of the public authorities, thousands of demonstrators gathered and scuffles with the...
RWE is benefiting from a political deal, and the energy crisis is just an excuse: there are many allegations circulating in the debate about Lützerath. The three most important theses in the fact check. source site
By Le Figaro with AFPPosted 3 hours ago, Update 1 hour agoThe Swedish environmental activist was part of a group of protesters gathered in western Germany.Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and other protesters spent a few hours in police custody on Tuesday after protesting the expansion of a coal mine in western Germany, a police source said. The group of demonstrators had been arrested after approaching the mine, a huge pit from which lignite, a particularly polluting fuel, is extracted....
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by police among a group of demonstrators protesting on Tuesday against the expansion of a coal mine in western Germany, police told AFP."The group (of demonstrators, editor's note) is in custody," said a police spokeswoman, adding that the anti-coal activists had headed "to the edge of the mine". Photos released by AFP also showed the activist being evacuated by the police.More information to come on 20Minutes.fr…/… source site
After taking part in an anti-coal demonstration for several days in Lützerath, Germany, climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by the police on Tuesday, January 17. The image goes around the canvas. We see the young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, carried by several German police officers. The young woman was arrested while taking part in a demonstration against the extension of a coal mine in Lützerath, a village located in the west of Germany, indicates CNN. According to sky...
Status: 01/17/2023 3:27 p.m After the evacuation of Lützerath, climate activists continued their protests at the Garzweiler opencast mine. In Cologne, some people stuck to the street, in Düsseldorf the entrance to the NRW Ministry of the Interior was blocked. Even after the evacuation of the village of Lützerath, the protests by climate activists continue. Actions against lignite mining took place in several places in North Rhine-Westphalia. According to the police, a three-digit number of people headed towards the Garzweiler...
As of: 01/17/2023 4:34 p.m In the Rhenish mining area, RWE can continue to excavate coal for the time being - also thanks to the Greens. Climate activists accuse the party of treason. Does Lützerath lead to a crack in the Greens? By Nina Amin, ARD capital studio She speaks for the disappointment of the climate movement: Luisa Neubauer was present at the big demonstration on Saturday in Lützerath. The prominent activist is also a member of the Greens. The...
