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2023年1月6日

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Deutsche Welle,
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Germany: Police have begun preparing to clear village for coal mining by RWE

"Germany: Lützerath anti-coal activists brace for clearance", 2. January 2023

German police have begun preparing to clear Lützerath village to make way for the expansion of an open-pit coal mine. Activists have said they will try to block the operation.

Climate activists occupying the abandoned German village of Lützerath to prevent the expansion of a nearby open-pit coal mine jumped into action on Monday as police began preparations to clear the village.

Local police said that they were only focused on clearing a street that leads to the village on Monday. The organization defending the village, Lützerath Bleibt (Lützerath is staying), wrote on Twitter that two of their tripods have been dismantled, but that "no cops have made it into the village."

Another tweet showed photos from the area, with activists saying several actions were being prepared ahead of time.

The clearance of the village is planned for mid-January — activists have called on supporters to join them before January 10. Many residents have been relocated so that the ground can be dug up for coal extraction.

Why are activists blockading the village of Lützerath?

Activists began occupying the village of Lützerath two years ago. Its fate has been intimately connected to the debate over Germany's plan to stop burning coal.

As one of the most polluting sources of energy, the continued burning of coal risks sending Germany beyond the commitments it made to reduce carbon emissions as part of the Paris Agreement.

The Lützerath initiative follows a similar campaign to protect the nearby Hambacher forest, which was cleared in 2019 in what was the costliest police operation in German history, with a price tag of €50 million (€53 million).

However, despite the clearance, it was agreed that the forest would not be ripped up for coal mining.

What fate is awaiting Lützerath?

In response to an open letter, the head of the Aachen police force responsible for the clearance, Dirk Weinspach, said that he shares the activists' concerns regarding "further warming of the earth and the consequences that it will bring if we are unable to stick to the internationally agreed goal of 1.5 degrees."

But he added that it is not up to the police to decide, and that the clearance must go ahead. Activists still hope to prevent the success of the police operation. [...]

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