Ende Gelände 2018

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Ende Gelände 2018 - Blockade of the Hambach industrial spur [de] on 27 October 2018.

Ende Gelände 2018 were a series of events of a mass movement for

RWE Power AG and demanded the "immediate fossil fuel phase-out" based on climate justice and climate change mitigation.[1]

Some smaller activities happened on the 6 October 2018 in the Hambach Forest, whereas the main activities were concentrated around the 25-29 October 2018.

On the 27 October 2018, a

activists for 22 hours in order to symbolically block the transfer of lignite to the power plants.[2] More than 5000 people took part in the protests.[3]

In the aftermath to the activities, the public prosecutor's office Aachen investigates for breach of the peace against some 400 participants of the protests, who also tried to enter the Inden surface mine [de].[4]

Hambach open-pit lignite mine in the neighbourhood of the Hambach Forest showing a transparent and a bucket-wheel excavator
on 6 October 2018.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Aufruf". www.ende-gelaende.org (in German). Ende Gelände. 2018-10-25. Archived from the original on 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  2. ^ ""Ende Gelände": Zahlreiche Protestaktionen im Tagebau" (in German). Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). 2018-10-27. Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  3. ^ "Die guten Außerirdischen. Komplexe Probleme brauchen Symbole. Das Braunkohlerevier könnte das Gorleben der Klimabewegung werden". Die Tageszeitung (taz) (in German). 2018-10-28. Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  4. ^ ""Ende Gelände"; Hunderte Strafanzeigen bei Anti-Kohle-Protesten". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 2018-10-28. Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
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