Activists to halt diggers at RWE coalfields in Germany
by Megan Darby for RTCC, part of the Guardian Environ from on (#HD1H)
A thousand people from across Europe aim to shut down opencast lignite mine in Rhineland that is a major source of carbon emissions, reports RTCC
A thousand activists are expected to descend on the Rhineland coalfields in Germany this weekend in protest at the fuel's climate impacts.
They are targeting RWE's opencast lignite mine. Together with the energy company's three power stations in the area, it makes up Europe's biggest source of carbon dioxide, activists say.
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