Luetzerath

Police in western Germany carried Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and other protesters away on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, from the edge of an open coal pit mine where they demonstrated against the ongoing destruction of a village to make way for the mine's expansion, German news agency dpa reported.

Police press ahead with the clearance of a condemned village in western Germany, where activists are vowing to hold out against its demolition to make way for the expansion of a coal mine.

The fate of a tiny village has sparked heated debate in Germany over the country's continued use of coal and whether tackling climate change justifies breaking the law.

Climate activists pledged on Sunday, January 8, 2023, to defend a tiny village in western Germany from being bulldozed for the expansion of a nearby coal mine that has become a battleground between the government and environmental campaigners.

Data published on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, by a respected environmental think tank indicates Germany likely missed its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions again last year, despite a big effort by the new government to expand the renewable energy use.

Scuffles broke out outside a village in western Germany that is to be razed to allow the expansion of a coal mine, a plan that is drawing resistance from climate activists.

About 2,500 people in western Germany demonstrated on Saturday, August 7, 2021, for a quick halt to coal mining in the region, where a village could be bulldozed to make way for a mine.