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May 16, 2016

Germany: More Than 100 Arrested at Coal Protest Amid Global Wave of Actions
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Protests against fossil fuels and the impacts of climate change were
also held over the weekend from New Zealand to South Africa; from
Nigeria, where residents demanded a cleanup of the Niger Delta, to
Brazil; from Turkey to Denver, Colorado, to Ecuador, where participants
planted trees on a future oil refinery site to protest drilling in
Yasuní National Park. Demonstrators converged in Los Angeles; Vancouver,
Canada; West Java, Indonesia, where they dropped banners from machinery
used to unload coal; Chicago; and Washington, D.C. In Germany, more than
100 people were arrested after thousands gathered to shut down one of
Europe's largest lignite coal mines for two days. The protesters blocked
rail access and made their way onto the grounds of a coal-fired power
station.
Topics:Climate Change Germany

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