Climate activists take over village in Germany to stop coal extraction
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Scores of climate activists have taken over the village of Lüzerath in western Germany, hoping to stop an open-air mining company from digging up brown coal on the site. A judge has given police permission to expel the activists on?January 10. But the young people say they are fighting for the future of the planet and have no intention of moving.