1. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    In early 2023, the German village of Lützerath was the scene of violent clashes between thousands of demonstrators and police who wanted to clear the village to give it over to the giant Garzweiler II open-cast coal mine. The police rushed towards the demonstrators in small groups, punching, kicking and pushing them to the ground. Police dogs attacked protesters who were just a few meters...

  2. Newsletter V 2023 - January 29 to February 4 - News+ Je suis mud monk

    of the climate movement - more diverse than ever, more united than ever. A resistance diary. It's been five years since RWE demolished the "Immerath Cathedral" to make more space for the Garzweiler open-cast brown coal mine. In just two days, the landmark with the twin towers that were visible from afar was razed to the ground. Then the many cameras moved on. The dust settled and it became...

  3. Newsletter II 2023 - January 8th to 14th - News+ We have already won

    “Lützi will be defended,” announces “Fridays for Future”. The Greens are also threatened with a kind of Day X. For years, the party fought with activists to preserve the villages threatened by the Garzweiler II opencast brown coal mine. But now the police will move in to evacuate in order to enforce what the Green Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck and his party colleague and...

  4. Newsletter I 2023 - January 1st to 7th - News+ Where Are the Peacemakers?

    a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de *** January 07th Lützerath | RWE | Eviction study: Lützerath excavation unnecessary - has RWE “ripped off” the Greens? The Garzweiler II opencast brown coal mine is to be expanded. To achieve this, the energy company RWE would like to excavate the town of Lützerath, under which additional coal reserves lie. Although there was widespread protest from society,...

  5. Newsletter XLV 2022 - November 08th to 15th - News+ Penalties for activists - And what about the climate?

    by around 80 million people per year, this growth has now declined to almost 66 million pa. Accordingly, the forecasts were revised downwards... ** November 12th Lützerath | Garzweiler | Coal phase-out renewed protest Demonstrators demand preservation of the town of Lützerath An alliance of environmental associations and climate policy organizations held a demonstration in...

  6. Newsletter XLII 2022 - October 23rd to 27th - News+ The fairy tale with primary energy consumption

    endanger investments. In the case of France, the proximity between a lawsuit by the German Encavis AG and the withdrawal announcement is remarkable... ** October 25th Lützerath | Garzweiler opencast mine | Wind turbines demolition Horror at the demolition of wind turbines near Lützerath The first of eight wind turbines has been demolished for the planned brown coal production at the Garzweiler opencast mine. Not only for...

  7. Newsletter XXXV 2022 - September 01st to 08th - News+ No nuclear power plant runtime extensions!

    The results for the individual types of grain are quite below average. The regional differences are also even more pronounced than in previous years... ** September 03rd, Garzweiler opencast mine | Lützerath "For no coal in this world" - large demonstration against brown coal mining At the Garzweiler opencast mine on Saturday, according to the organizers, 2.000 people called for an end to brown coal mining...

  8. Newsletter XIII 2022 - March 26-31 - News+ A month of war in Ukraine: developing a tragedy

    Fracking US study: Those who live closer to fracking sites die earlier * Energy price | Climate goals Is the excavator coming soon? Lützerath The Münster Higher Administrative Court has approved the village at the Garzweiler opencast mine for demolition for coal mining. Germany's climate goals are in jeopardy. Rejected. This is the decision of the Higher Administrative Court (OVG) in Münster on the complaint...

  9. Newsletter L - November 01st to 05.11.2021th, 01 - News+ November XNUMXst - Immediately, immediately

    2021 - Radiant energy transition * Great Britain November 02nd, 2021 - How electricity customers should finance the construction of new nuclear power plants * November 02nd, 2021 - Siberia: The methane time bomb * Climate Garzweiler Lützerath November 01st, 2021 - RWE encounters resistance * Heads of state at climate conference 01. November 2021 - Warnings of failure *** Top of page Current News+ background knowledge ***...

  10. Newsletter XLIX - October 27th to 31.10.2021st, 27 - News+ October XNUMXth - Garching reactor

    and the Twitter messages from the nationwide alliance "Stop the NRW Assembly Act": https://www.nrw-assemblylaw-stoppen.de/ And tomorrow in Lützerath at the RWE lignite open-cast mine Garzweiler II there will be a big demonstration for one real climate protection policy - without coal and nuclear! Last week, RWE suffered its first setback. The resistance in Lützerath is working! Everything...

  11. Newsletter XLVIII - October 21 to 26.10.2021, 21 - News+ October XNUMX - Instead of terrorizing, start a humanitarian program

    3.) Demo Lützerath October 31st - Stop coal mining immediately! The same NRW state government also continues to support RWE in the demolition of the villages at the Garzweiler opencast mine. The fight is currently for Lützerath. There are regular protests, including village walks every Sunday. On Sunday, October 31st, this will become a big demonstration - we are calling for that. Meeting point is at 11.30 a.m. in Lützerath:...

  12. Newsletter XLVII - October 13th to 20.10.2021th, 13 - News+ October XNUMXth - Radiant madness

    are three other things that are completely missing: On the one hand, the three parties do not promise any protection against further village demolitions in the Rhineland and East Germany - and in Lützerath at the Garzweiler opencast mine, RWE is currently pushing hard to evict the last residents. Only those working in coal mining receive promises - this is very one-sided and therefore inappropriate. Even dirty...

  13. Newsletter XLV - 29.09. to 06.10.2021 - News+ September 29 - Germany's militarization: not an issue on election night

    - More than 1000 times the power for solar cells * Dear friends, the probably decisive debate about the future of Lützerath and further coal mining in Garzweiler has begun: Yesterday activists occupied a coal excavator and several of them are still in custody. That's why there are solidarity campaigns. From now on there will be big...

  14. Newsletter XXVII - June 14th to 21.06.2021st, 14 - News+ June XNUMXth - The unpunished chemical war against Serbia: Who finally condemns NATO?

    18 p.m. to Sunday, June 20th, 16 p.m. Location: Circus tent opposite the Eckhardt Heukamp farm, Lützerath 7A, 41812 Erkelenz This weekend in Lützerath on the edge of the Garzweiler II open-cast brown coal mine, climate crimes, damage to health, displacement of people's homes and environmental destruction by RWE AG will be charged . In the public RWE tribunal with prosecutors, a jury and many...

  15. THTR Newsletter No. 145 May 2015

    Rhineland Top of page The call for the “anti-coal human chain” on April 25, 2015 called for a complete phase-out of coal for 25 years! And the final stop from open-cast lignite mining in Garzweiler two will only be in 15 years! - What to make of this and what critical solidarity with the lignite resistance can look like under these conditions is discussed in this article in issue 398...

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