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Greta Thunberg released after being detained in protests outside German coal mine

The world famous Swedish activist was seen being carried off by German police

Evening Standard

Greta Thunberg detained during coal mine protest in Germany

Renowned campaigner photographed being carried away from mine by officers

The Independent UK

Greta Thunberg released after brief detention at German mine protest, police say

Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion but was released after an identity check, according to police.

Reuters

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Greta Thunberg detained by police as she's seen being carried away by officers

Greta Thunberg joined environmental activists protesting against the demolition of the German village of Lützerath to make way for a coal mine expansion. Pictures show her being carried away by officers

Daily Mirror

The enormous sinkhole that's opened up near a walking route in Caerphilly

'It's absolutely huge'

Wales Online

Activists resume protests of German coal mine expansion

German news agency dpa is reporting that dozens of climate activists have glued themselves to a main street in the western Germany city of Cologne and to a state government building in Duesseldorf to protest the destruction of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion

The Independent UK

New Cumbria coalmine likely to break UK’s climate pledge, analysis says

Whitehaven colliery will release about 17,500 tonnes of methane every year, estimates thinktank

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Review may send Acland mine back to court

Queensland's water department is reviewing a decision to grant a licence to the controversial expansion of New Hope's Acland coal mine.

AAP

Climate activists vow to take to streets to stop fossil fuel extraction

‘Cease and desist’ letter signed by over 650,000 people sent to oil and gas CEOs follows removal of Greta Thunberg from coal protest

The Guardian - UK

Labor rules out coal levy, but still to reveal Stockton beach policy

Labor has ruled out imposing a levy on coal exports in order to raise funds for the repair and maintenance of Stockton Beach.

Newcastle Herald

Greta Thunberg defies German police as she fights for lost cause

The Swedish activist came to Germany to prevent a corporation from flattening a community to make way for strip mine excavating the most polluting form of coal on earth.

Fortune

Doubts over Qld coal mine's water licence

The Queensland water department made a "shocking error of judgement" granting New Hope's Acland mine a licence and a review is needed, activists say.

AAP

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg manhandled by cops during coal mine demo

Greta, 20, was at a protest in Germany when she was led away by police along with other protesters on Sunday.

Daily Record

Clearance of German hamlet for mine said to be near-complete

Police say that a village in western Germany that is due to be demolished to allow the expansion of a coal mine has been cleared of activists, apart from a pair who remain holed up in a tunnel

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France 24

Anti-coal protestors accuse German police of 'pure violence' following demonstration clashes

Climate activists on Sunday accused police of "pure violence" after clashes during a demonstration at a German village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion.

Newcastle Herald

Merewether's historic 'The Ridge' home to a unique story

The story behind a restored piece of Merewether history.

Al Jazeera

Greta Thunberg joins anti-coal activists to save German village

Activists march in Luetzerath against a plan to tear down the village to build a coal mine extension.

The Guardian - UK

Greta Thunberg calls for protest against expansion of German coalmine

Climate activist also denounced ‘police violence’ against campaigners at the abandoned village of Lützerath

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Reuters

Thunberg joins march on German village in protest against coal mine expansion

Around 6,000 protesters - including climate activist Greta Thunberg - marched through mud and rain to the German village of Luetzerath on Saturday, according to a police estimate, demonstrating against the expansion of an opencast lignite mine.

The Independent UK

Thousands protest in Germany against coal mine expansion

Thousands of people are demonstrating in persistent rain to protest the clearance and demolition of a village in western Germany that is due to make way for the expansion of a coal mine

The New Daily

Rural communities aren’t shirking in the battle against climate change

Members of the Bega Valley Shire community are all-in for the fight against climate change - a grass roots example of 'climate generosity'

The Independent UK

German village clearance continues, Thunberg visits site

German police have continued the clearance of a village that is to due be demolished to accommodate the expansion of a coal mine, with activists still holed up in one building, in tree houses and a tunnel

Reuters

Thunberg: Germany 'embarrassing itself' by clearing coal mine activists

Climate activist Greta Thunberg condemned the forced removal of protesters from an abandoned village in western Germany as outrageous during a visit to the site, where demonstrators have dug in to try to stop the expansion of a coal mine.

Newcastle Herald

Late-year coal slump reversed as prices roar back beyond $US400 a tonne

Coal is back above $US400 a tonne

Reuters

Bulgarian lawmakers back coal plants with vote to roll back green targets

Bulgaria's lawmakers on Thursday backed a resolution aimed at avoiding an early phase-out of coal-fired power plants as more than 1,500 miners and utility workers demonstrated in front of the parliament in support of the coal industry.

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