With German energy giant RWE planning to expand a lignite mine, the town has come to become a symbol of activism against fossil fuels.
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The security forces have evicted this Wednesday the accesses to a town in the western germany taken by activists who oppose the use of this area for the obtaining coalin an intervention without major incidents.
The inhabitants of lutzeratha small town located about 40 kilometers west of Cologne, have already abandoned the place long ago, but the activists They have been occupying various buildings for months and their number has increased in recent weeks.
German energy giant RWE plans to expand a lignite mineso that town has ended up becoming a symbol of activism against fossil fuels.
The authorities have intervened this Wednesday to start the expulsion of the activists, apparently without meeting as much resistance as expected. Yes, several have been released. molotov cocktails and stonesnevertheless.
The central government has condemned the resistance. “We don’t understand it,” said the main government spokesman, Steffen Hebestreit. Also the Minister of the Interior of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herbert Reul, has declared himself “perplexed” by the attacks on the agents.
Once the eviction is complete, the authorities have begun construction of a perimeter fence 1.5 kilometres, according to a RWE spokesman.
The town is very close to the Garzweiler II mine Therefore, most of the inhabitants have already left it, but the activists have occupied houses in the town, which they have turned into an emblematic place of the climate defense movement.
Movements that have opted for peaceful protest, such as “Fridays for Future”, as well as others that have resorted to more “drastic” forms of resistance such as “Extinction Rebellion” or “Ende Gelände”, participate in the resistance action.
Source: Eitb
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