Most of the buildings in Lützerath are only piles of rubble. Climate activists continue with actions in the area after the almost complete evacuation of the lignite site.
After the almost complete evacuation of the protest village of Lützerath by the police, climate activists in the area continued to protest against lignite mining. In the Hambach opencast mine, around 20 kilometers away, a bucket-wheel excavator has been occupied since the early hours of the morning, as an RWE spokesman announced on Monday. In addition, climate activists abseiled in wheelchairs from a motorway bridge near Lützerath.
The excavator in the Rhenish lignite mining area has stopped operating, said an RWE spokesman. There are a total of four people on the excavator. The police have been informed.
According to the protest group “Counterattack – for the good life”, eight activists occupied the excavator. With the action you want to show solidarity with the people in the village of Lützerath. The group also criticized the actions of the police there and called for the socialization of energy production.
Abseiled from the highway bridge
A good four kilometers as the crow flies from Lützerath, climate activists also abseiled down a motorway bridge. There are a total of five people, two of them in wheelchairs, said a police spokesman. The traffic on Autobahn 44 continued to flow during the action, but nothing worked on the country road under the bridge.
In Lützerath itself, two activists were still in a tunnel on Monday morning, as a spokesman for RWE said. You are in contact with them. Meanwhile, the dismantling continues and is already “well advanced”.
Except for the two tunnel occupiers, the Rhenish lignite town has been cleared since Sunday afternoon. Most of the buildings had already been demolished on Sunday – including the farm of farmer Eckardt Heukamp, the last farmer in Lützerath.
After the complete demolition, the energy company RWE wants to excavate the coal underneath. It is expected that the dismantling will take another eight to ten days, said a company spokesman for the “Rheinische Post” (Monday edition). “In March or April, the mine could then reach the former village and excavate.”
Source: Stern
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