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Prof. Tatiana Ilyina Jan 5, 2023

What you see on this photo is not from the Empire Strikes Back.

No, it is German police protecting a coal mine excavator in #Lützerath - a village planned to be demolished by the energy company RWE to extract coal that is not even needed for the energy security of Germany.

#Klimaschande
#EndCoal #EndFossilFuels #LütziBleibt

Picture: @mariusmichusch

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@TatianaIlyina

Actually, coal is very much needed for the energy security of Germany thanks to Energiewende^1 - in 2021 it was the largest single source of electricity (they haven’t published 2022, but likely the same).

@mariusmichusch

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