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Ende Gelände activists block coal infrastructure in the Rhineland
📅 5 Novèmber 2017Climate justice activists used mass civil disobedience to enter or block coal infrastructure, demanding that fossil fuels remain in the ground. The action drew on the Hambach Forest occupation and...
Hambach Forest occupation faces a major police clearance
📅 13 Sèptèmber 2018Police began clearing tree houses in Hambach Forest as RWE prepared to expand the lignite mine. The occupation had developed since 2012 and linked forest defense to climate justice and opposition to...
Tens of thousands join the “Hambi bleibt” forest defense rally
📅 6 Òktober 2018A mass demonstration at Hambach Forest brought together local residents, climate activists, environmental organizations, and families. Participants opposed further clearing and demanded a rapid coal...
Ende Gelände returns to the Rhineland coal mines
📅 25 Òktober 2018Activists again entered or blocked open-pit mining infrastructure in a mass action of civil disobedience. The campaign argued that coal extraction could not be reconciled with climate justice and that...
Global climate strike renews pressure after the coal commission
📅 29 Novèmber 2019Climate strikers returned to the streets after national policy debates left the coal phase-out timeline contested. Youth organizers called for rapid emissions reductions and challenged a transition...
Ende Gelände links climate justice with anti-racist struggle
📅 27 Sèptèmber 2020More than 3,000 activists blocked coal and gas infrastructure in the Rhineland during a weekend of action. Ende Gelände explicitly connected climate justice with anti-racism and Black Lives Matter,...
Thousands rally at Lützerath against coal expansion
📅 22 Òktober 2022Climate activists, local residents, and environmental groups gathered at the village threatened by expansion of the Garzweiler mine. The protest challenged the planned destruction of homes for lignite...
Lützerath becomes a national focal point for climate justice
📅 14 Yanüari 2023Thousands gathered as police cleared the village of Lützerath to enable lignite mining. Activists and residents argued that the expansion conflicted with climate commitments and imposed the costs of...
Ende Gelände targets gas infrastructure in the Ruhr region
📅 29 Mei 2026Climate justice activists entered the Scholven gas power plant site and blocked other fossil-gas infrastructure during a mass action linked to a climate camp in Hamm. The coalition argued that new gas...