Thousands Protest in Germany Against Coal Mine Expansion
Greta Thunberg during a protest to stop the demolition of the village Luetzerath to make way for a coal mine extension on Jan. 14.
Photographer: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images
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Erkelenz, Germany (AP) -- Thousands of people demonstrated in persistent rain on Saturday 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. There were standoffs with police as some protesters tried to reach the edge of the mine and the village itself.