Tag: opencast
Climate: Environmental aid: Methane emissions from opencast mining higher than expected
climate Environmental aid: Methane emissions from opencast mining higher than expected Rubbish heaps and a tailings can be seen in the Welzow-Süd open-cast lignite mine of Lausitz Energie Eisenbahn AG…
Who pays for the renaturation of the opencast mine in East Germany?
background As of: January 17, 2024 8:20 a.m Billions will be needed in the future to renaturate the opencast mine. The East German lignite companies are restructuring their business. But…
Mining for gold instead of learning to read: child labor in Venezuela’s opencast mines
World Children’s Day on September 20th was launched by the United Nations. It is intended to draw attention to the rights of children and encourage them to stand up for…
Structural change in Lusatia: tourism instead of opencast mining
Status: 06/01/2023 3:56 p.m The Lusatian Lake District is to become the largest artificially created water landscape in Europe, created from flooded opencast mines. But there is still a struggle…
“Tatort” today from Cologne: About the human consequences of opencast mining
“Tatort” from Cologne The coal brings death: A thriller about the human consequences of opencast mining The inspectors: Max Ballauf (Klaus J. Behrendt, left) and Freddy Schenk (Dietmar Bär) commit…
Opencast lignite mining: after the Lützerath evacuation: the police count 600 criminal cases
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…
Villages at the Garzweiler opencast mine: What about those who stay?
Status: 02/02/2023 3:25 p.m Lützerath has to give way to coal mining – despite violent protests. Other mining villages that have already been written off have a future again. Just…
Demonstration: Continued protests against lignite at the opencast mine – Thunberg included
demonstration Further protests against lignite at the opencast mine – Thunberg there Police officers carry Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg away from a group of demonstrators and activists from the…
After the evacuation of Lützerath: new actions against opencast lignite mining
As of: 01/16/2023 8:57 a.m The police have officially declared the evacuation of the village of Lützerath to be over, but the activists are not giving up just yet. The…
The occupied Lützerath at the Garzweiler opencast mine – who lives there today – Rhineland – news
The great RWE-Bagger is only 60 meters away from Lützerath. The occupied place could be cleared in the next few days. Lützerath was once a small settlement, a few farms,…