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The expansion of a lignite mine has highlighted tensions around Germany's climate policy during the energy crisis.

Climate campaigners counter that expanding a massive open-cast coal mine goes against Germany’s international commitments to reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases. The government and utility company RWE argue that coal is needed to ensure Germany’s energy security. “I’m really afraid today,” Petra Mueller, a 53-year-old local who had been at the site for several days, said from a top-floor window of one of the few remaining houses.

Hundreds of police deployed in Lutzerath village to clear protest camp of environmental groups - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. “Police officers have entered the first floor of Eckardt's barn and are trying to break open doors where people are glued onto. Lutzerath was occupied by anti-coal activists for two years and it became a symbol for environmentalist groups demanding an end to the use of coal and fossil fuels in Germany.

As barricades were knocked down, riot police climbed up to treehouses and into farm buildings occupied by protesters, some of whom were were escorted away.

In exchange, five other villages were spared from demolition and the deadline for the end of coal power in Germany has been brought forward from 2038 to 2030. The German government agreed to the enlargement of the open-pit mine to ease pressure on the energy grid after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the order to clear the village has been upheld in the courts. A wooden house was knocked down by a digger and protesters glued to windows were prised away by police as the hamlet of Luetzerath was cleared for demolition.

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The battle to clear hundreds of climate protesters holed up in an abandoned village in western Germany has...

The company has said it supports both energy transition and a temporary increase in the use of lignite-fired plants to tide Germany through the energy crisis. Equipped with ladders on a rainy Thursday morning, police climbed the walls of one of the abandoned houses in the village as protesters in the building and on its roof chanted "people got the power" and "Luetzerath stays". The battle to clear hundreds of climate protesters holed up in an abandoned village in western Germany has entered its second day, in a continuing stand-off over the expansion of a coal mine.

Police in riot gear began evicting climate activists Wednesday from a condemned village in western Germany that is due to be demolished for the expansion of ...

RWE said in a statement that a 1.5-kilometer fence will be built around the site. She accused police of engaging in “a complete escalation” by moving ahead with the eviction Wednesday. “We know that the coal under Luetzerath isn't needed for energy security -- it must remain in the ground so that we can achieve climate justice.” “I'm really afraid today,” Petra Schumann, a 53-year-old local who had been at the site for several days, said from a top-floor window of one of the few remaining houses. At least one woman screamed in apparent pain as officers used force to remove her from a roadblock outside the village. Climate campaigners counter that expanding a massive open-cast coal mine goes against Germany's international commitments to reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases.

German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has said he has “great respect” for climate protesters but sees the village Lützerath — which is due to be ...

[“Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0)”](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). [Lützerath has become the latest battleground for climate activists](https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/qa-why-are-police-and-climate-activists-clashing-german-village-near-coal-mine), as it is set to be demolished to expand a neighbouring [lignite](/glossary/letter_l#lignite) mine. In the deal with [RWE](https://www.cleanenergywire.org/experts/rwe-ag), this was done in return for the binding agreement to exit coal by 2030. [an interview with public broadcaster ZDF](https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/habeck-interview-luetzerath-energieversorgung-100.html), Habeck said Lützerath was not the continuation of the energy policy of the past, but rather its conclusion – “the end of [lignite](/glossary/letter_l#lignite) power in North Rhine-Westphalia.” Faced with the energy crisis, the government had to “unfortunately” let additional [lignite](/glossary/letter_l#lignite) power enter the market to avoid a gas shortage. “It is an agreement that serves climate protection, creates legal certainty and puts into place the binding nature that has always been demanded – including by the climate protection movement – that no more coal will be used to generate electricity in the Rhenish mining area from 2030,” said Habeck, who added that he would work for similar agreements in east German [lignite](/glossary/letter_l#lignite) mining regions. “I believe that climate protection and protest need symbols, but the Lützerath settlement, where no one lives any more, is the wrong symbol in my view,”

In France, more than 100,000 demonstrators took to the streets, demanding that the government both take action against the rising prices of fossil fuels and ...

The central coordination of climate action and the deliberate diffusion of protest techniques stands in contrast to the broader global protest landscape. We hope that the new Climate Protest Tracker can become a one-stop source for following political disruption in the Anthropocene. The fact that climate change is affecting nearly every area of international politics is a guiding principle for both the tracker and Carnegie’s Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics program. True to its name, the Climate Protest Tracker identifies protests that aim to influence climate policy rather than environmental or energy policy. We will likely see more of this as the transnational impacts of climate policy become clearer. Transnational protest movements like Fridays for Future, the Global Climate Strike, and the Scientist Rebellion attracted participants in dozens of countries in virtually every region of the world. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office, [throwing soup](https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-climate-change-protesters-throw-soup-van-goghs-sunflowers-2022-10-14/) on priceless paintings in the UK, [blocking highways](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61947201) in Australia, or even [sabotaging](https://theatlasnews.co/conflict/2022/12/12/200-french-environmental-activists-sabotage-lafarge-holcim-marseille-cement-plant/) cement plants in France. [streets](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/16/massive-protest-in-paris-against-inflation-and-the-climate-crisis), demanding that the government both take action against the rising prices of fossil fuels and do more to combat the climate crisis. Although not included within the tracker’s data set, small-scale climate policy protests were often highly visible and controversial in 2022. Yet policies undertaken in the name of mitigating climate change can spur a furious backlash. Already in the first few days of this year, Germany has sent hundreds of police officers to protect a coal mine whose expansion requires the demolition of the small town of As climate impacts get worse and climate politics become more salient and invidious, such protests will likely become even more numerous and influential.

Two protesters wearing full concert dress played their violins from inside an abandoned house to lament the decision to expand a coal mine.

In a separate action, climate activists occupied the regional office of Germany's vice chancellor Thursday, accusing the Green party politician of betrayal. The Garzweiler mine extracts around 25 million tonnes of lignite every year, according to RWE. Following a court decision allowing RWE to proceed with the expansion, hundreds of police in riot gear moved in on Wednesday morning, clearing barricades erected by the activists. Activists said hundreds of protesters were still at the site. Activists take part in a sit-in protest against the expansion of the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine. Musicians Thomas Gerlinger and Luppe play violin and viola in an abandoned house in protest against demolishing Luetzerath village to expand the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine on Thursday.

Four trucks and two bakkies have been set alight on the outskirts of Vosman in Emalahleni (formerly Witbank), allegedly by community members, ...

“Preliminary reports indicate that the incident erupted after reports of lack of electricity in areas like Emsagweni and other places in Vosman. Meanwhile, provincial police commissioner Lt-Gen Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has called on the public to refrain from acts of violence. Police were on high alert and have heightened their visibility as they monitor the situation.

The civil hospital is in Navsari while the medical college is in Aat village. The distance between them is 13 kilometres, which is also in violation of ...

Along with this, the distance between the medical college and hospital should be around 10 kilometres or the distance should be covered in just half an hour. The college authorities have given admissions to 100 medical students for whom classes are being currently held at a local girls’ school. She added that the college and hostel are built in violation of norms.

In France, more than 100,000 demonstrators took to the streets, demanding that the government both take action against the rising prices of fossil fuels and ...

The central coordination of climate action and the deliberate diffusion of protest techniques stands in contrast to the broader global protest landscape. We hope that the new Climate Protest Tracker can become a one-stop source for following political disruption in the Anthropocene. The fact that climate change is affecting nearly every area of international politics is a guiding principle for both the tracker and Carnegie’s Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics program. True to its name, the Climate Protest Tracker identifies protests that aim to influence climate policy rather than environmental or energy policy. We will likely see more of this as the transnational impacts of climate policy become clearer. Transnational protest movements like Fridays for Future, the Global Climate Strike, and the Scientist Rebellion attracted participants in dozens of countries in virtually every region of the world. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office, [throwing soup](https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-climate-change-protesters-throw-soup-van-goghs-sunflowers-2022-10-14/) on priceless paintings in the UK, [blocking highways](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61947201) in Australia, or even [sabotaging](https://theatlasnews.co/conflict/2022/12/12/200-french-environmental-activists-sabotage-lafarge-holcim-marseille-cement-plant/) cement plants in France. [streets](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/16/massive-protest-in-paris-against-inflation-and-the-climate-crisis), demanding that the government both take action against the rising prices of fossil fuels and do more to combat the climate crisis. Although not included within the tracker’s data set, small-scale climate policy protests were often highly visible and controversial in 2022. Yet policies undertaken in the name of mitigating climate change can spur a furious backlash. Already in the first few days of this year, Germany has sent hundreds of police officers to protect a coal mine whose expansion requires the demolition of the small town of As climate impacts get worse and climate politics become more salient and invidious, such protests will likely become even more numerous and influential.

International, MNA | German police pressed ahead Wednesday with clearing a camp of anti-coal activists in an abandoned town which has become emblematic.

The “Luetzerath coal is needed… “Only some were able to stay in hiding.” Once numbering as many as 2,000, around 200 anti-coal activists remain in the western German village of Luetzerath, which has been slated for demolition to enable the expansion of the neighbouring Garzweiler coal mine.

German police are battling to clear climate protesters out of an abandoned village in a showdown over the expansion of an open-cast coal mine.

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According to police, stones were thrown at window panes, which were broken. The two affected members of the state parliament, Christin Melcher and Daniel Gerber ...

[RWE](/cours/action/RWE-AG-436529/) has a legal right to mine coal in the Rhenish coalfield, they said. A graffiti had been smeared on another building of the Greens. Police are investigating for breach of the peace and damage to property.

Workers at a Chinese-owned copper mine in eastern Serbia held a protest on January 12 to demand higher wages and improved working conditions.

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JOHANNESBURG - Mpumalanga police remained on high alert on Friday after six vehicles were torched by residents protesting electricity shortages in the ...

However, this should be done within the ambit of the law." Four trucks and two bakkies were set alight along the N4 highway on Wednesday night. "The provincial commissioner of the SAPS has called on members of the public to refrain from acts of violence.

Footage showed what Turkish media said was a protest by the PKK, in which they hung up an effigy of Erdogan.

The portrayal of an executed elected President outside City Hall is deplorable. Very few people could be seen in the footage. Footage shared by Turkish media showed what they said was a protest by PKK members in which they hung an effigy of Erdogan outside Stockholm city hall.

Turkish media reports say Turkey has summoned the Swedish ambassador to convey Ankara's displeasure after a mannequin depicting Turkish President Recep ...

Portraying an elected president as executed outside City Hall is abhorrent," Billström wrote on In November, the ambassador was similarly summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry after images that allegedly insulted Erdoğan were projected on the Turkish Embassy building in Stockholm. TRT said the ambassador was informed that Turkey strongly condemns the “heinous act.” Turkish officials also said the act was contrary to an agreement that Turkey has reached with Sweden and Finland under which the two promised to crack down on Kurdish militants as they seek Turkish approval for their NATO membership bids.