02:06Germany: Police remove remaining anti-coal activists during third day of evictions in Lutzerath
Police moved to remove the last remaining anti-coal activists from Germany's Lutzerath as the planned evacuation and demolition of the planned coal site continued on Friday.
Media reports claimed around 1,000 had previously occupied the abandoned village, with groups including Extinction Rebellion, Last Generation and Scientist Rebellion on site.
Energy firm RWE is planning to tear down the remains of the site to develop the Garzweiler mine and extract 280 million tons of lignite by 2030.
The German coalition government has reversed several green energy policies amid the ongoing crisis, although still plans to phase out coal in the village’s state of North Rhine-Westphalia by 2030, eight years before the national target.
02:06Police moved to remove the last remaining anti-coal activists from Germany's Lutzerath as the planned evacuation and demolition of the planned coal site continued on Friday.
Media reports claimed around 1,000 had previously occupied the abandoned village, with groups including Extinction Rebellion, Last Generation and Scientist Rebellion on site.
Energy firm RWE is planning to tear down the remains of the site to develop the Garzweiler mine and extract 280 million tons of lignite by 2030.
The German coalition government has reversed several green energy policies amid the ongoing crisis, although still plans to phase out coal in the village’s state of North Rhine-Westphalia by 2030, eight years before the national target.