Greta Thunberg works with coal opponents to keep a German community alive

Thousands of protesters, including climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, marched in Germany in opposition to the destruction of a hamlet to make way for a coal mine dubbed "one of the greatest carbon bombs in Europe."
On Saturday, activists gathered in large groups to protest in the western hamlet of Luetzerath. They carried signs and chanted while being supported by a bass band.
Climate activists demonstrate in Luetzerath against a proposal to demolish the community in order to expand a coal mine.
In order to create room for an expansion of the nearby open-cast coal mine, one of the biggest in Europe, Luetzerath, which has been abandoned for some time by its original inhabitants, will be destroyed. The energy company RWE runs it.
Bulldozing the community in order to expand the Garzweiler mine, according to environmentalists, would produce a significant quantity of greenhouse gas emissions. The government and RWE assert that Germany's energy security depends on the coal.
The 20-year-old Swedish climate campaigner Thunberg led the procession as protesters gathered outside the village to support those who were occupying it in opposition to the coal mine expansion.


