Activists take to the trees to stop mine

LÜTZERATH: After the last farmer packed up and left last month, climate activists are the only people left in the village of Luetzerath, in Germany, which sits above a rich vein of coal.

In huts perched in trees 6m above ground, the young campaigners say they can hold out against the authorities if they try to clear them out.

They are there in an effort to stop the village from being bulldozed to allow for the extension of an openair coal mine.

They do not know when the police might force them out, but with Germany in need of more coal, most think it will be soon. |