Environmentalists have accepted the expansion of one of the most polluting mines in Europe in exchange for a faster exit from coal. They have alienated all climate activists.
By Christophe Bourdoiseau
IThey arrive by the hundreds in Lützerath, like Kiri (1), to “save the planet”. “I had never found a place to actually get involved before,” he explains. But here, we have a real front for ecology, ”he welcomes.
Installed since 2020 in this abandoned hamlet of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the heart of the chemical and aluminum industries, climate activists from all walks of life are preparing for a police intervention, undoubtedly the most important of the history of the region. Scheduled for this Wednesday, the expulsion could last several days.
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