Lützerath is a small village in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, near Düsseldorf and Cologne.
The energy company RWE wants to demolish the village in order to expand the Garzweiler open-cast mine, despite several studies showing that it’s not necessary. Demolishing Lützerath and mining the coal located in the ground below would release millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, making it impossible for Germany to adhere to its climate protection targets and the Paris Agreement.
Police and RWE employees are currently trying to evict the people occupying Lützerath by force.
What can you do to help?
Go to Lützerath and resist the eviction by civil disobedience. Police and RWE employees are currently preparing to close off the village so try to get there before January 9th. Here’s a packing list and here are directions. If you want to bring additional donations in kind, they have a list with things that are currently needed.
There is also a protest camp being set up in nearby Keyenberg. It opens on January 9th but you can already go there now if you want to help.
There is a big protest planned in Lützerath on January 14th 2023 at 12 noon. Several Fridays for Future groups have organised coaches and group tickets.
Additionally, there are protests planned in cities all over Germany today and in the next few days
If you don’t want to or can’t take part in direct action, you can donate:
Account Holder: Lützerath Lebt
IBAN: DE24 4306 0967 1204 1870 01
Reference: Lützi Lebt
They also have a PayPal set up but prefer payment via bank transfer to avoid paying fees to Elon Musk.
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Pretty sure that if the sulfur dioxide in the air and the resulting sulfuric acid in rain from all the coal fired power plants back in the 70ties didn't do the job, a bit of carbonic acid isn't going to do the job. Sorry, we're gonna need something stronger to finally defeat asphalt.
Actually, road salt and time will do just fine in that department
We should pour all the sparkling water on the interstates
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