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| Climate protesters storm Garzweiler coal mine in Germany | |
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| Hundreds of climate change activists have stormed an open cast coal mine in western Germany to campaign against fossil fuels. | Hundreds of climate change activists have stormed an open cast coal mine in western Germany to campaign against fossil fuels. |
| The protesters ran through fields and broke through a police cordon to get into the Garzweiler mine. | The protesters ran through fields and broke through a police cordon to get into the Garzweiler mine. |
| Police had warned that the mine was not safe and said some officers were hurt as they tried to hold back protesters. | Police had warned that the mine was not safe and said some officers were hurt as they tried to hold back protesters. |
| Germany has vowed to go carbon neutral by 2050 but activists say this is not soon enough. | Germany has vowed to go carbon neutral by 2050 but activists say this is not soon enough. |
| Recent surveys have shown that climate change tops a list of concerns in Germany, with the Green party polling alongside the governing Christian Democrats. | Recent surveys have shown that climate change tops a list of concerns in Germany, with the Green party polling alongside the governing Christian Democrats. |
| Earlier in the day, protesters temporarily blocked a railway line used to transport coal. | Earlier in the day, protesters temporarily blocked a railway line used to transport coal. |
| Some of the activists were among between 20,000 and 40,000 protesters who joined a demonstration on Friday in the city of Aachen in support of the school strike movement launched by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg. | Some of the activists were among between 20,000 and 40,000 protesters who joined a demonstration on Friday in the city of Aachen in support of the school strike movement launched by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg. |
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