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Lützerath evacuated: What did the protest achieve? (2023x1)

Udgivelsesdato: Jan 17, 2023

It is the year 2023 and the climate crisis is felt everywhere. And yet the demolition vehicles are parked in front of Lützerath, a small town on the edge of the gigantic Garzweiler opencast mine. Lützerath is to be cleared so that the energy company RWE can mine the lignite beneath and behind Lützerath. The planned eviction is the result of a deal that the federal government and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia concluded with RWE - a compromise that brought forward the phase-out of brown coal by eight years. But does Germany really need this coal? The study situation is ambiguous. Thousands of climate activists are demonstrating against the demolition these days. They resist the eviction with all their might - in vain. CTRL_F was in the middle for six days. What is the point of this protest?