Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg was among climate activists detained during a protest against the demolition of a German village to make way for a coalmine.

However, she was then stopped and carried by us with this group out of the immediate danger area to establish their identity.” They said it was not clear whether this person was injured. A spokesperson for Aachen police said: “Greta Thunberg was part of a group of activists who rushed towards the ledge.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was briefly detained Tuesday by police at a protest over the controversial expansion of a western Germany coal mine ...

[All of that has incensed climate activists](https://www.npr.org/2022/12/26/1144709223/climate-activists-are-fuming-as-germany-turns-to-coal-to-replace-russian-gas), who have staged near-daily protests in recent months, including demonstrations blocking major city streets and the runways at airports in Munich and Berlin. Then, the timeline was sped up in 2021, when the country's high court ruled that the government must do even more to cut back on emissions. At least 20 coal-fired power plants across the country were resurrected or extended past their original closing dates in an effort to keep the lights on through this winter. We are currently in Lützerath, a German village threatened to be demolished for an expansion of a coal mine. Since then, protesters have squatted in the empty buildings. The three mines have been expanding for decades. On Tuesday, she was among a group of protesters carried away by police after they approached the edge of the mine, the German news agency dpa reported. Energy has been perhaps the hottest political issue in Germany over the past two years. Thunberg had traveled to Germany this week to join the Lützerath demonstrations. [At least 15,000 people](https://apnews.com/article/protests-and-demonstrations-germany-business-climate-environment-15d530f7c29d05d6f3b89e5eacd41d1d) demonstrated on Saturday. [have been evicted and bulldozed](https://www.npr.org/2021/06/28/1010956116/a-coal-mining-monster-is-threatening-to-swallow-a-small-town-in-germany) to make way for the mines. Join us here at 12 or a local protest tomorrow to demand that— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg)

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was hauled away and briefly detained on Tuesday during a protest near a German village being razed to make way for a ...

The end of the operation came despite Saturday's demonstration, which was attended by thousands, with protesters holding banners with slogans including "Stop coal" and "Luetzerath lives!" On Saturday, Thunberg joined thousands of demonstrators in a large-scale protest against the demolition of the hamlet, marching at the front of a procession. Police said a group of activists were detained after having "broken away from the demonstration", and run towards the edge of the open-cast coal mine.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was briefly detained Tuesday by police at a protest over the controversial expansion of a western Germany coal mine ...

[All of that has incensed climate activists](https://www.npr.org/2022/12/26/1144709223/climate-activists-are-fuming-as-germany-turns-to-coal-to-replace-russian-gas), who have staged near-daily protests in recent months, including demonstrations blocking major city streets and the runways at airports in Munich and Berlin. Then, the timeline was sped up in 2021, when the country's high court ruled that the government must do even more to cut back on emissions. We are currently in Lützerath, a German village threatened to be demolished for an expansion of a coal mine. Since then, protesters have squatted in the empty buildings. The three mines have been expanding for decades. On Tuesday, she was among a group of protesters carried away by police after they approached the edge of the mine, the German news agency dpa reported.

Thunberg was among hundreds who resumed protests at multiple locations in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The German government reached a deal with energy company RWE last year, allowing it to destroy the village in return for ending coal use by 2030, rather than 2038. [anti-mining protests](/gallery/2023/1/12/photos-german-police-clear-coal-mine-protest-camp-luetzerath) at multiple locations in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia a day after the last two climate activists holed up in a tunnel beneath the village of Luetzerath left the site. [climate activist Greta Thunberg](/news/2023/1/17/greta-thunberg-detained-at-german-coal-mine-protest) and other protesters away 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.

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg swiftly resumed campaigning on Wednesday after she was briefly detained in Germany during a protest against a coal ...

She was released later in the evening. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story We were kettled by police and then detained but were let go later that evening," tweeted Thunberg, whose whereabouts are unclear.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been released by police after being briefly detained at a protest in Germany.

But several climate reports have made clear the need to accelerate clean energy and transition away from fossil fuels. Lignite is the most polluting type of coal, which itself is the most polluting fossil fuel. RWE and Germany’s Green party – a member of the country’s governing coalition – both reject the claim the mine expansion will increase overall emissions, saying European caps mean extra carbon emissions can be offset. On Saturday, she joined thousands of people demonstrating against the razing of the village. This is the second time Thunberg has been detained at the site, he said. [1.5-kilometer (0.93-mile) perimeter fence](https://www.rwe.com/en/press/rwe-power/2023-01-11-five-villages-and-three-farmsteads-to-remain-former-settlement-of-luetzerath-to-be-demolished) around the village, sealing off its buildings, streets and sewers before they are demolished.

Swedish climate activist deplores police action against climate activists protesting coal-mining plans in northwestern Germany - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. The energy company RWE began demolishing buildings in the abandoned village to expand the Garzweiler coal mine. They were put in a police bus and released after an identity check.

"We are not extras for Greta Thunberg" police say, after false claims her detainment at a protest was set up.

Greta was not the first protester who had been taken away from the sit-in," Mr Wernicke added. "I've seen different reactions to the video. Some say that the footage looks like the police are setting her up to embarrass her and others say that it is all part of some propaganda. "They had to wait for a couple of minutes before they could bring her to a certain police car," said the spokesperson. Christian Wernicke, a journalist from German news outlet Süddeutsche Zeitung who was there at the time, said the police officers "were deciding how they would proceed with the identity check and waiting to take Greta to the police vehicle." However the interior ministry of the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia told the BBC that the police officers and Ms Thunberg were waiting for logistical reasons.

Police officers detain climate activist Greta Thunberg at a demonstration against the expansion of the Garzweiler coal mine near the village of Luetzerath in ...

Greta Thunberg is set to meet International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Fatih Birol in Davos on Thursday, the organiser of a planned round-table ...

"Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine in Germany. "We are not winning. [(BP.L)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/BP.L), Chevron [(CVX.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/CVX.N), Occidental Petroleum Corp [(OXY.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/OXY.N) and Saudi Aramco [(2222.SE)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/2222.SE) are among 1,500 business leaders gathered there. The crisis is still getting worse faster than we are deploying these solutions," Gore told a WEF panel, highlighting a growing gap between those "old enough to be in positions in power and the young people of this world". Register for free to Reuters and know the full story [said in Davos](/business/environment/davos-2023-al-gore-supports-greta-thunbergs-efforts-stop-german-coal-mine-2023-01-18/) that he agreed with Thunberg's efforts in Germany and that the climate crisis was getting worse faster than the world was tackling it.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg returns to Davos on Thursday to press her battle against fossil fuels at the annual confab of the global business ...

"And like the tobacco industry, those responsible must be held to account." "Enough is enough," Gualinga told AFP earlier this week. "I agree with her efforts to stop that coal mine," Gore told a panel discussion on global warming, adding that young people around the world despaired of efforts by leaders to tackle the climate crisis.