The Garzweiler lignite mine in western Germany covers 48 square kilometers and produces 35 ...
KEYENBERG, Germany — This pastoral village in the west of Europe’s economic powerhouse has been preparing for a death caused by coal. KEYENBERG, Germany — This pastoral village in the west of Europe’s ...
An outdated law allows coal companies to take private land for lignite mining that is in the “public interest,” even after the country’s highest court ruled that the government must reduce emissions.
German postal worker Andrea Bunar is back on her mail barge as she navigated the waterways of the Spreewald Forest southeast of Berlin.
BERLIN (AP) — A village in western Germany that is due to be demolished to make way for a coal mine expansion has been cleared of activists, apart from a pair who remained holed up in a tunnel, police ...
For years, activists tried to save tiny Lützerath from being razed to make way for the expansion of an open-pit coal mine. This past week, the police moved them out. By Christopher F. Schuetze ...