Police 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 coal extraction. Local residents, environmental groups, and direct-action activists challenged the treatment of the forest and nearby villages as expendable.
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Police 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 coal extraction. Local residents, environmental groups, and direct-action activists challenged the treatment of the forest and nearby villages as expendable.
Hambach Forest occupation faces a major police clearance. Police began clearing tree houses in Hambach Forest as RWE prepared to expand the lignite mine.
Police 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 coal extraction. Local residents, environmental groups, and direct-action activists challenged the treatment of the forest and nearby villages as expendable.