Tag: coal
Coal mines in Germany: can there be effects on air quality in France?
Police bogged down to the calves, an excavator – the “Bagger” – facing thousands of demonstrators, including Greta Thunberg, who came to defend a hamlet to be devoured by the…
In Europe, the great comeback of coal
The war in Ukraine alone does not explain the return of coal to Europe. The proof is that the consumption of this fossil fuel has been on the rise for…
Lützerath coal mine: when Germany gets bogged down in its energy transition
The weight of the symbol. In Lützerath, a small hamlet in North Rhine-Westphalia wedged between Aix-la-Chapelle and Düsseldorf, there was an air of strange defeat for the Energiewende this weekend,…
Dozens of protesters and police officers injured in German coal mine protests – Greta Thunberg was carried away by the police
Germany plans to clear the village of Lützerath out of the way of the coal mine. Protesters have been protesting the plans for several days. Jussi Nurminen, Elsa Osipova 16:17•Updated…
The protests continue – here the German village is being demolished for coal mining
Lützerath is an 800-year-old German village whose fate is now sealed, according to authorities and energy giant RWE. It must be sacrificed as the country cries out for energy since…
Police drag activists out of deserted German village so it can be bulldozed out of the way of a coal mine
On Monday, the court decided that the areas of Lützerath will belong to the energy company RWE in the future. Protesters have been opposing the expansion of the Garzweiler lignite…
Protest against “coal mafia” worries Beijing and Moscow
Facts: Mongolia With an area of just over 1.5 million square kilometers, Mongolia is more than three times the size of Sweden – while the population is a third, only…
Asia’s richest man aims to become the world’s largest producer of renewable energy – this is the Indian coal tycoon Gautam Adani
Indian coal pot Gautam Adani ranked as the third richest in the world this year by the financial media On Bloomberg’s billionaire list (you will switch to another service). He…
Coal production: why the increase is anything but cyclical
“Come to think of it, it is to coal that we are making the transition.” Tease, Amin Nasser, the boss of Saudi Aramco, the Saudi national oil company, who did…
Ball bearings, falu sausages and pieces of coal – political props throughout the ages
One of the earliest examples took place in 1991, when then S-leader Mona Sahlin suddenly brandished a ball bearing during a debate on employment protection. She had received the ball…