Several climate activists retreated to underground tunnels as the evacuation of an abandoned German village continues amid protests over the expansion of a coal mine. The activists see the standoff as a symbol of Berlin's failing climate policy
Thunberg said she plans to join a demonstration on Saturday that will "show what people power looks like, what democracy looks like - that when government and corporations act like this, destroying the environment ... the people step up."
For over two years demonstrators have occupied Luetzerath, a village in the brown-coal district of the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, to stop the expansion of the mine. 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.
Police have said that it could take weeks to resolve the standoff over the coal mine expansion, which activists see as a symbol of Berlin's failing climate policy amid an energy crisis in Europe's biggest economy. Reporting by Petra Wischgoll and Stephane Nitschke, Writing by Miranda Murray, Editing by William Maclean
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