Climate activists have barricaded themselves in the German lignite village of Lutzerath in North Rhine-Westphalia. The activists have been occupying the village for more than two years to prevent it from disappearing from the face of the earth, as agreed in a deal negotiated by political leaders. Energy company RWE mines lignite there, which activists blame for global warming and CO2 pollution. Early this morning, police began evacuating the village.

---

Size: 8569px × 5713px
Location: Lützerath, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Photo credit: © Georg Berg / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: asphalt, city, cloud, construction, crane, crowd, crowds, crush, current, day, electric, electricity, energy, equipment, erkelenz, evening, event, gang, germany, infantry, land, landscape, mob, multitude, nature, north, pedestrian, people, pole, public, recreation, rhine-westphalia, road, scenery, sky, soldier, space, street, thong, town, tree, urban, utility, water, winter, ~land, ~tree, ützerath