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Thunberg resumes campaign after detention, says climate protest not a crime

by Matthew Eloyi January 19, 2023
written by Matthew Eloyi January 19, 2023
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After being temporarily detained in Germany during a demonstration against the construction of a coal mine, climate activist Greta Thunberg quickly resumed her advocacy on Wednesday, saying that defending the environment was not a crime.

Thunberg tweeted, “Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine in Germany. We were kettled by police and then detained but were let go later that evening.” “Climate protection is not a crime,” she added.

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She was detained alongside other activists protesting the destruction of the Luetzerath community to make room for RWE’s opencast coal mine expansion.

She has since referred to the mine’s expansion as a betrayal of both the present and the next generation and accused Germany of being one of the world’s largest polluters.

With environmentalists saying that climate goals are being abandoned with a return to dirtier fuels during an energy crisis brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the protest has underlined rising tensions over Berlin’s climate policy.

Story was adapted from Reuters.

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