'We Will Stop the Excavators': Thousands Rally to Save German Village From Coal Mine Expansion

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'We Will Stop the Excavators': Thousands Rally to Save German Village From Coal Mine Expansion
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Locals and climate campaigners said 'no to the destruction' and 'yes to the preservation of Lützerath and the good life for everyone.'

Locals and climate campaigners said"no to the destruction" and"yes to the preservation of Lützerath and the good life for everyone."A small German village was the site of a large demonstration over the weekend, when thousands of activists gathered to protest the slated demolition of Lützerath that would allow for the expansion of the already gargantuan Garzweiler open-pit coal mine.

"We will stop the excavators and defend the 1.5°C limit!" Fridays for Future Germany said Sunday in a tweet referring to the Paris climate agreement's warming threshold.roughly 4,000 people took part in the action, also shared video of the Saturday protest that showed activists forming an X and revealed just how close to the mine's edge the village sits:

"A big, human ✖️ says NO to the destruction by lignite and YES to the preservation of Lützerath and the good life for everyone," the LuetziBleibt account

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