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Police start clearing German village condemned for coal mine
Associated Press ^ | January 11, 2023 | Frank Jordans

Posted on 01/11/2023 7:35:59 PM PST by Olog-hai

Police in riot gear began evicting climate activists Wednesday from a condemned village in western Germany that is due to be demolished for the expansion of a coal mine.

Some stones and fireworks were thrown as officers entered the tiny hamlet of Luetzerath, which has become a flashpoint of debate over the country’s climate efforts, on Wednesday morning.

Police spokesman Andreas Mueller said the attacks on officers were “not nice” but noted that most of the protest so far had been peaceful.

He said police would stick to their tactic of trying to avoid any escalation by offering to let any activists who leave on their own accord to do so without facing further police measures or prosecution. […]

Environmentalists say bulldozing the village to expand the nearby Garzweiler coal mine would result in huge amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. The government and utility company RWE argue the coal is needed to ensure Germany’s energy security.

However, a study by the German Institute for Economic Research calls into question the government’s stance. Its authors found other existing coal fields could be used instead, though the cost to RWE would be greater. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Weather
KEYWORDS: carbonpropaganda; climatechange; climatechangehoax; climatehoax; coal; coalmines; energy; europe; eussr; fakescience; fourthreich; garzweiler; germany; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; luetzerath; luezerath
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1 posted on 01/11/2023 7:35:59 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Don’t chase them off. Bury them in the tailings.


2 posted on 01/11/2023 7:41:37 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: Olog-hai

Mostly peaceful must be a global thing


3 posted on 01/11/2023 7:45:22 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: Olog-hai

Google maps shows all the roads in the area are closed.


4 posted on 01/11/2023 7:46:23 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Olog-hai

Nukes are the way to go.


5 posted on 01/11/2023 7:48:50 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Olog-hai

Greta is going to be really upset.


6 posted on 01/11/2023 7:57:48 PM PST by wjcsux (RIP Rush Limbaugh 12 Jan 1951- 17 Feb 2021. We really miss you. 😢)
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To: Olog-hai

Reality getting it’s revenge... and laughing at the fools!


7 posted on 01/11/2023 7:59:42 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how thery control you. )
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To: Olog-hai

Lithium batteries don’t charge themselves!


8 posted on 01/11/2023 8:01:40 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Olog-hai

“Police spokesman Andreas Mueller said the attacks on officers were “not nice” but noted that most of the protest so far had been peaceful.”

Just another mostly peaceful protest.


9 posted on 01/11/2023 8:01:41 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how thery control you. )
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To: Olog-hai

Do they still have the coal burning stoves that they used in the 50’s?


10 posted on 01/11/2023 8:27:47 PM PST by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: Paladin2

Don’t be impatient.

Those come next.


11 posted on 01/11/2023 8:30:49 PM PST by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: aquila48

Talking about fools — we have the greatest one living in the WH.


12 posted on 01/11/2023 8:33:24 PM PST by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: BradyLS

Switching from gas to electricity may be a move that industrial Germany may NEVER survive.
Massive unemployment and poverty on top of civil unrest created by the huge number of Gastarbeiter with no work.
Will we see the new Weimar Republic and thereafter another guy with mustache?
And all that shit because they are afraid of burning fossil fuels?
What do they prefer — fossil fuels or Zyklon B?


13 posted on 01/11/2023 8:47:19 PM PST by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: Olog-hai

See what happens when the natural gas is cut off.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. The Germans mine coal! Clean burning coal! Way to go Germany!


14 posted on 01/11/2023 9:19:47 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: Olog-hai

Remember a 100 years ago... When they said oil would be the end of coal... How’s that going? The world uses more coal today than it ever has.


15 posted on 01/11/2023 9:30:35 PM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: jerod

I’m not 100, so I don’t. But I’ll take your word for it. I have no doubt that some once said that uranium would be the end of both of those energy sources too.


16 posted on 01/11/2023 9:33:30 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Paladin2

From orbit?🤔


17 posted on 01/11/2023 9:44:40 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: BiteYourSelf

I’m actually a fan of “Rods from God”.


18 posted on 01/11/2023 9:49:25 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

I’m kinda fond of rice bowls,from heaven.🤔


19 posted on 01/11/2023 11:38:22 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Olog-hai

I think the German police just machine gun the villagers like in the old days.....


20 posted on 01/12/2023 12:41:05 AM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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