BREAKING: Officers in riot gear entered a condemned village in western Germany, launching an effort to evict activists holed up at the site trying to prevent its demolition to make way for the expansion of a coal mine.
a flashpoint of debatePolice announced that the operation had started and that the area would be fenced off. They said on Twitter that people “currently have the possibility to leave the site without further police measures.
”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 say the coal is needed to ensure Germany’s energy security.On Tuesday, protesters refused to heed a court ruling effectively banning them from the area.
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