opencast lignite mining After the Lützerath eviction: the police count 600 criminal proceedings Police officers and demonstrators face each other at the demonstration of climate activists on the edge of the lignite opencast mine near Lützerath. photo ©Oliver Berg/dpa The protests against the eviction of Lützerath escalated in mid-January. There are now 600 criminal cases against demonstrators. Also against some officials is determined. The number of investigations into the clearing of the town of Lützerath at the Garzweiler opencast lignite...
It was a lucrative but also a turbulent year for the power company RWE. In Lützerath there were bitter protests against the fact that the abandoned village south of Mönchengladbach fell victim to the Dax company's lignite excavators. So it's no wonder that CEO Markus Krebber doesn't want to look back on this episode at the balance sheet presentation on Tuesday in Essen. "It's incredibly important that we look ahead now," he says when asked the relevant question. It is...
From Christian Wernicke, Keyenberg / Erkelenz Minister comes privately. Without a company car or personal protection, in white sneakers and a black leather jacket. Mona Neubaur, Green NRW Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, is on the outskirts of Keyenberg, a village on the brink: the shutters of the single-family homes are down, the doors are barricaded. Neubaur walks a few steps, a field path begins on the right. In the drizzle she looks south. To where Lützerath, the...
After the riots in Lützerath, the question is whether the climate activists are becoming radicalized. The interior minister warns against left-wing extremism. Why the movement is still not a case for the protection of the constitution. "Shoot the cops in the testicles" is written in black and red letters on a house wall. After the climate protests, graffiti of this kind are the last thing left from the climate protest in Lützerath. A protest that was actually committed to civil...
The RWE Group has not filed a complaint and the police do not know who the two men are. They had dug under the hamlet of Lützerath, which was to make way for opencast mining. Her hiding place is now closed.There will be no criminal consequences for the two tunnel occupiers from Lützerath: According to the Aachen police, the RWE Group has not filed a complaint against the men. The police therefore do not know the identity of the activists,...
After eviction Lützerath: No consequences for "Pinky" and "Brain" Five days after the start of the evacuation, the climate activists "Pinky" and "Brain" leave their tunnel under a building in Lützerath. photo © Roberto Pfeil/dpa You will probably never find out who the two tunnel occupants really are. They were allowed to leave without giving their names to the police. Your tunnel under Lützerath is now closed. There will be no criminal consequences for the two tunnel occupants from Lützerath:...
The Greens want to settle the dispute with the climate movement and prefer the coal phase-out in East Germany. But those affected at the edge of the cliff apparently have no interest in being rescued. source site
Status: 01/22/2023 4:00 p.m Around 300 opponents of lignite are demonstrating near Lützerath today - the demo train started from Keyenberg. But the actions of climate protectors are increasingly being criticized by local residents. A new protest has started on the outskirts of the Rhenish opencast lignite mine. Around 300 opponents of lignite have gathered in Keyenberg for a village walk. Up to 200 climate activists are still camping there. As a precaution, the police are on site with a...
civil action After the evacuation of Lützerath: RWE wants to demand compensation from climate activists Police walk across the site while demolition work is underway on the former house of Lützerath's last farmer. © Federico Gambarini / DPA After the village of Lützerath was cleared, the energy company RWE announced that it would take civil action against the demonstrators. After the village of Lützerath was cleared, the energy company RWE announced that it would take civil action against the demonstrators....
Status: 01/21/2023 10:08 a.m After thousands of people protested against the evacuation of Lützerath, the energy company RWE announced that it wanted to demand compensation from the climate activists. The protest caused significant damage to property. After the evacuation of Lützerath, the energy company RWE announced civil legal action against demonstrators. "Of course, all disrupters have to reckon with a claim for damages," said company spokesman Guido Steffen of the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung". However, it is not yet possible to...
