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Lutzerath: Why are people protesting at coal village where Greta Thunberg was detained?

Coal mine expansion has long been flashpoint for tensions over Germany’s energy policies

The Independent UK

Greta Thunberg briefly detained at German coal mine protest

Berlin (AFP) - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was hauled away and briefly detained on Tuesday during a protest near a German village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion, police said.

AFP

Greta Thunberg detained at German coal mine protest

Berlin (AFP) - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was hauled away and detained on Tuesday during a protest near a German village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion, police said.

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Greta Thunberg carried away by police at German mine protest

Police in western Germany have carried Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and other protesters away from the edge of an open coal pit mine where they demonstrated against the ongoing destruction of a village to make way for the mine’s expansion, German news agency dpa reported.

Irish Independent

Greta Thunberg released after being detained in protests outside German coal mine

The world famous Swedish activist was seen being carried off by German police

Evening Standard

Greta Thunberg released after brief detention at German mine protest, police say

Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion but was released after an identity check, according to police.

Reuters

Greta Thunberg detained by police as she's seen being carried away by officers

Greta Thunberg joined environmental activists protesting against the demolition of the German village of Lützerath to make way for a coal mine expansion. Pictures show her being carried away by officers

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Greta Thunberg among activists arrested at protest against expansion of giant German coal mine

Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of the coal village of Luetzerath but the entire group will be released later in the day, according to police.

Irish Independent

Climate activists stage more protests against German coal mine expansion

Dozens of climate activists have glued themselves to a main street in Germany’s western city of Cologne and to a state government building in Duesseldorf to protest against the destruction of a village to make way for a coal mine’s expansion.

Irish Independent

Activists resume protests of German coal mine expansion

German news agency dpa is reporting that dozens of climate activists have glued themselves to a main street in the western Germany city of Cologne and to a state government building in Duesseldorf to protest the destruction of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion

The Independent UK

Greta Thunberg defies German police as she fights for lost cause

The Swedish activist came to Germany to prevent a corporation from flattening a community to make way for strip mine excavating the most polluting form of coal on earth.

Fortune

Last activists leave village at heart of German coal protest

The last two climate activists holed up beneath a German village due to be destroyed to allow for the expansion of a nearby coal mine have now left the site, according to reports.

Irish Independent

Climate activists occupy giant digger at German coal mine

Climate activists have occupied a giant digger at a coal mine in western Germany as part of a protest against the destruction of a nearby village for the expansion of a separate mine.

Irish Independent

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg manhandled by cops during coal mine demo

Greta, 20, was at a protest in Germany when she was led away by police along with other protesters on Sunday.

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The Independent UK

Clearance of German hamlet for mine said to be near-complete

Police say that a village in western Germany that is due to be demolished to allow the expansion of a coal mine has been cleared of activists, apart from a pair who remain holed up in a tunnel

Irish Independent

Greta Thunberg joins thousands of protesters in Germany against coal mine expansion

Climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg has joined thousands of people demonstrating against the demolition of a village in western Germany to make way for the expansion of a coal mine.

Al Jazeera

Greta Thunberg joins anti-coal activists to save German village

Activists march in Luetzerath against a plan to tear down the village to build a coal mine extension.

The Guardian - UK

Greta Thunberg calls for protest against expansion of German coalmine

Climate activist also denounced ‘police violence’ against campaigners at the abandoned village of Lützerath

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Irish Independent

Greta Thunberg joins protest in Germany against coal mine expansion

Climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg has joined thousands of people demonstrating against the demolition of a village in western Germany to make way for the expansion of a coal mine.

Reuters

Thunberg joins march on German village in protest against coal mine expansion

Around 6,000 protesters - including climate activist Greta Thunberg - marched through mud and rain to the German village of Luetzerath on Saturday, according to a police estimate, demonstrating against the expansion of an opencast lignite mine.

The Independent UK

Thousands protest in Germany against coal mine expansion

Thousands of people are demonstrating in persistent rain to protest the clearance and demolition of a village in western Germany that is due to make way for the expansion of a coal mine

Irish Independent

German village clearance continues as Greta Thunberg visits site

German police continued the clearance of a village that is due to be demolished to accommodate the expansion of a coal mine – with activists still holed up in one building, in tree houses and a tunnel.

The Independent UK

German village clearance continues, Thunberg visits site

German police have continued the clearance of a village that is to due be demolished to accommodate the expansion of a coal mine, with activists still holed up in one building, in tree houses and a tunnel

Reuters

Thunberg: Germany 'embarrassing itself' by clearing coal mine activists

Climate activist Greta Thunberg condemned the forced removal of protesters from an abandoned village in western Germany as outrageous during a visit to the site, where demonstrators have dug in to try to stop the expansion of a coal mine.

Irish Independent

Riot police clear protesters from abandoned German village being demolished for new coal mine

Riot police backed by bulldozers removed scores of activists from buildings in an abandoned village in western Germany in a second day of confrontations over the expansion of a coal mine.

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