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Climate activists face off with police in Lützerath

January 10, 2023

The village of Lützerath in western Germany is set to be bulldozed and mined for coal. Climate activists being moved out of the village by police say the country's energy policy is on the wrong track.

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Activists protest at edge of the Garzweiler lignite open cast mine ahead of the imminent clearance of the village of Luetzerath
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