Greta Thunberg

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been released by police after being briefly detained at a protest in Germany.

But several climate reports have made clear the need to accelerate clean energy and transition away from fossil fuels. Lignite is the most polluting type of coal, which itself is the most polluting fossil fuel. RWE and Germany’s Green party – a member of the country’s governing coalition – both reject the claim the mine expansion will increase overall emissions, saying European caps mean extra carbon emissions can be offset. On Saturday, she joined thousands of people demonstrating against the razing of the village. This is the second time Thunberg has been detained at the site, he said. [1.5-kilometer (0.93-mile) perimeter fence](https://www.rwe.com/en/press/rwe-power/2023-01-11-five-villages-and-three-farmsteads-to-remain-former-settlement-of-luetzerath-to-be-demolished) around the village, sealing off its buildings, streets and sewers before they are demolished.

Police officers carry Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg away from the protest site in Luetzerath yesterday. (AP pic).

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BERLIN: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was hauled away and detained on Tuesday during a protest near a German village being razed to make way...

On Saturday, Thunberg joined thousands of demonstrators in a large-scale protest against the demolition of the hamlet, marching at the front of a procession. A police spokeswoman said a group of activists were in custody after having “broken away from the demonstration”, and run towards the edge of an open pit. Thunberg has been in Germany for several days to support protests against the demolition of Luetzerath, which have become a symbol of resistance against fossil fuels.

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Greta Thunberg is set to meet International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Fatih Birol in Davos on Thursday, ...

Climate change is one of the main items on the agenda for this year's meeting. The Swedish youth activist has also participated in previous protests on the fringes of the annual WEF meeting in the Swiss ski resort, which brings business and political leaders together for a dialogue on a host of issues. Thunberg, who was released by police on Tuesday after being detained alongside other climate activists during protests in Germany, is due to meet Birol along with fellow campaigners Helena Gualinga, Vanessa Nakate and Luisa Neubauer, the organisers said in a statement.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was briefly detained Tuesday by police at a protest over the controversial expansion of a western Germany coal mine ...

[All of that has incensed climate activists](https://www.npr.org/2022/12/26/1144709223/climate-activists-are-fuming-as-germany-turns-to-coal-to-replace-russian-gas), who have staged near-daily protests in recent months, including demonstrations blocking major city streets and the runways at airports in Munich and Berlin. Then, the timeline was sped up in 2021, when the country's high court ruled that the government must do even more to cut back on emissions. We are currently in Lützerath, a German village threatened to be demolished for an expansion of a coal mine. Since then, protesters have squatted in the empty buildings. The three mines have been expanding for decades. On Tuesday, she was among a group of protesters carried away by police after they approached the edge of the mine, the German news agency dpa reported.

Swedish climate activist deplores police action against climate activists protesting coal-mining plans in northwestern Germany - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. The energy company RWE began demolishing buildings in the abandoned village to expand the Garzweiler coal mine. They were put in a police bus and released after an identity check.

"We are not extras for Greta Thunberg" police say, after false claims her detainment at a protest was set up.

Greta was not the first protester who had been taken away from the sit-in," Mr Wernicke added. "I've seen different reactions to the video. Some say that the footage looks like the police are setting her up to embarrass her and others say that it is all part of some propaganda. "They had to wait for a couple of minutes before they could bring her to a certain police car," said the spokesperson. Christian Wernicke, a journalist from German news outlet Süddeutsche Zeitung who was there at the time, said the police officers "were deciding how they would proceed with the identity check and waiting to take Greta to the police vehicle." However the interior ministry of the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia told the BBC that the police officers and Ms Thunberg were waiting for logistical reasons.

“I agree with her efforts to stop that coal mine,” Gore said Wednesday during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Protesters have faced ...

Greta Thunberg is set to meet International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Fatih Birol in Davos today, organisers of a fringe round-table event at ...

The oil and gas industry has said that it needs to be part of the energy transition as fossil fuels will continue to play a major role in the world's energy mix as countries shift to low carbon economies. She has also participated in previous protests on the fringes of the gathering, which brings business and political leaders together in the Swiss ski resort for a dialogue on topical issues. "We are not winning.

Police officers carry Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg away from the edge of the Garzweiler II opencast lignite mine during a protest by climate ...

"Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine in Germany. "We are not winning. The oil and gas industry has said that it needs to be part of the energy transition as fossil fuels will continue to play a major role in the world's energy mix as countries shift to low- economies.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg launched an online petition demanding that energy firms stop new oil, gas and coal extraction projects. (AP pic).

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Al Gore said on Wednesday that the climate crisis was getting worse faster than world is tackling it and that he supported the recent action taken by Greta ...

The crisis is still getting worse faster than we are deploying these solutions," the former U.S. [climate activist Thunberg](/business/environment/davos-2023-greta-thunberg-set-meet-iea-chief-birol-davos-2023-01-18/) to prevent the [expansion of a coal mine](/world/europe/german-police-detain-greta-thunberg-german-coal-village-protests-2023-01-17/) in Germany. "We are not winning.

Greta Thunberg is set to meet International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Fatih Birol in Davos on Thursday, the organiser of a planned round-table ...

"Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine in Germany. "We are not winning. [(BP.L)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/BP.L), Chevron [(CVX.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/CVX.N), Occidental Petroleum Corp [(OXY.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/OXY.N) and Saudi Aramco [(2222.SE)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/2222.SE) are among 1,500 business leaders gathered there. The crisis is still getting worse faster than we are deploying these solutions," Gore told a WEF panel, highlighting a growing gap between those "old enough to be in positions in power and the young people of this world". Register for free to Reuters and know the full story [said in Davos](/business/environment/davos-2023-al-gore-supports-greta-thunbergs-efforts-stop-german-coal-mine-2023-01-18/) that he agreed with Thunberg's efforts in Germany and that the climate crisis was getting worse faster than the world was tackling it.