Climate activists face off with police in Lützerath

The village of Lützerath in western Germany is set to be bulldozed and mined for coal. Climate activists being moved out of the village by police say the country's energy policy is on the wrong track.

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Protesters stand on the edge of the mine pit in Lützerath — Image: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images

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What's next for the protests? Leonie von Hammerstein reports from Lützerath

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Yellow smoke rises between Nordrhein-Westfalen state police and climate protesters in Lützerath

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Police clashed with protesters following a dayslong standoff over the demolition of the western German village.

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A policeman (left) approaches environmentalists on the roof of a house occupied by environmentalists

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Police are continuing to forcibly evict climate activists from a village at the center of a battle over coal mining.

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Police officers carry a demonstrator

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The eviction of climate activists from the small western German village of Lützerath is in full swing.

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A climate activist climbs to the top of a pole at Lützerath protest

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Areial view of Lützerath and the mining equipment approaching it

Areial view of Lützerath and the mining equipment approaching it

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German police have evicting a climate activist camp in the western German village of Lützerath.

German police have evicting a climate activist camp in the western German village of Lützerath.

German police clear activists in path of coal mine

Demonstrators have occupied the village for two years in a bid to stop it from being demolished.

Police and climate activists face off in the village of Lützerath

Police and climate activists face off in the village of Lützerath

Big coal and the battle for Lützerath

Police are poised to clear a village in western Germany to expand a vast coal mine, but activists are standing strong.

Policemen lead away an activist in the village of Lützerath

Policemen lead away an activist in the village of Lützerath

Germany: Police clear climate activists from coal village

Police surround the village of Lützerath, which has been occupied by climate activists ahead of a planned eviction.

Protesters stand on the edge of the mine pit in Lützerath

Protesters stand on the edge of the mine pit in Lützerath

Germany: Police, coal protesters face off in Lützerath

Climate activists in the German village of Lützerath have lost a court battle as the police prepare to drive them out.

A crowd of people protesting in Lützerath

A crowd of people protesting in Lützerath

Activists in western Germany protest against coal mine

Climate activists have occupied Lützerath, a town set for demolition to allow a coal mine expansion.

The Garzweiler II coal pit in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

The Garzweiler II coal pit in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

Lützerath: How Germany's energy crisis reignited coal

Thousands of people have promised to resist January plans to demolish a German village and dig up the coal beneath it.

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