Thousands Rally in the Rain to Protest Destruction of German Village for Coal Mine

Great Thunberg criticized Germany’s Green Party on Saturday for supporting the demolition of the village of Lützerath

in western Germany that is due to make way for the expansion of the coal mine Garzweiler.

;&#x201cThe carbon needs to stay in the ground.

The Greens are also in power in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia, where the village of Lützerath has become the latest flashpoint for activists opposed to the government’s continued use of coal.

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