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Europe’s Largest Coalmine Blockaded

Posted on the 02 August 2014 by Earth First! Newswire @efjournal

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Lots of things happening in the Rhineland Coalfield: Early in the morning, four activists locked themselves to coal train tracks. Two more activists abseiled themselves from a bridge. These two blockades stopped the coal transportation between the open-cast mine Hambach and the power plants. Further north, at the edge of the Garzweiler mine, a group of 80 people are still sitting in front of the buckets of the digging machine, some of them locked themselves together. Another group ventured further down into the mine and climbed on the wheels the digging machine, accompanied by a Samba band and rebel clowns. And last but not least, about 20 activists are blockading the gate to the RWE mininig area. It seems, more and more people are willing to take direct action against the polluting industry to stop climate change!

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