Greta Thunberg detained at coal protest in Germany

Greta Thunberg was among climate activists detained during a protest against the demolition of a German village to make way for a coalmine.

Thunberg was detained after sitting near the edge of the opencast Garzweiler 2 mine, about 5 miles from the village of Lützerath.

“We are going to use force to bring you to the identity check, so please cooperate,” a police officer said to the group.

Police clash with climate protesters at German coal mine

 

Police have clashed with climate activists in western Germany, where hundreds of people are protesting the expansion of an open-pit coal mine. Activists have been occupying the village of Lutzerath, which is set to be demolished by German mining company RWE.

Lützerath: Greta Thunberg joins German coal mine protests

 

Greta Thunberg joined protesters in the German village of Lützerath to condemn the building of a new coal mine.

Demonstrators have occupied the village for months but police began dragging some people away on Wednesday.

The village is owned by energy firm RWE and all the previous residents there are gone.

There are plans to expand the Garzweiler opencast mine which is on the village's doorstep.

Man against machine - Coal, climate and the future

 

Eckardt Heukamp is refusing to budge: He's the last remaining resident of Lützerath in North-Rhine Westphalia, situated on the edge of a huge open-cast lignite mine. The energy giant RWE wants to dig, but Heukamp is digging in his heels.