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Becky Sullivan

Greta Thunberg was detained by German police while protesting a coal mine expansion

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by German police at a protest over the expansion of a coal mine. (Michael Probst/AP)

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was briefly detained Tuesday by police at a protest over the controversial expansion of a western Germany coal mine that has become a flashpoint for that country's climate debate.

Protests at Lützerath, a tiny village slated to be cleared and demolished to make way for the nearby Garzweiler coal mine, have grown massive and contentious over the past week. At least 15,000 people demonstrated on Saturday.

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