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HRD Attack

17 Jan 2023

Greta Thunberg & other activists in Lützerath, Germany

Incident date
17 Jan 2023
Date accuracy
All Correct
Greta Thunberg
Female
Environmental concerns group
Intimidation & threats
Target: Group, Organisation or Institution
Location of Incident: Germany
RWE Germany Hydrogen, Energy
Lücker Baustellenentsorgung GmbH Germany Construction & building materials: General
Other actors

Sources

In January 2023, around 35,000 protesters participated to demonstrations against excavation by the mining company RWE in Lützerath, Germany. On January 14, 2022, police was reported to use excessive force against peaceful demonstrators during the eviction process. Several protesters, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, remained at the site staging a sit-in near the edge of the mine and on January 17, 2022, they were briefly detained by police to carry out identity checks. They were released shortly after. Thunberg had called the expansion of the mine a “betrayal of present and future generations” while addressing thousands of protesters who marched towards Lutzerath. A study by the German Institute for Economic Research has questioned the need for the costly expansion of the open-pit mine to ensure the country’s energy security, and scientists claim it will lead to high CO2 emissions. RWE said on its website that "[it] regrets that the planned demolition process can only take place under substantial police protection and that opponents of the opencast mine are calling for illegal disruptions and also criminal acts".

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