Before a possible evacuation of the occupied town of Lützerath in the Rhenish lignite mining area, the activists gather on site. A lot of people came on Saturday. Shuttle buses brought them to the rough terrain from nearby train stations. Several new tents were set up in a camp in a field in the neighboring district of Keyenberg.

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Luisa Neubauer is expected in Lützerath

Climate activist Luisa Neubauer is expected in Lützerath on Sunday. She called on supporters to come as well.

The energy company RWE wants to demolish Lützerath in order to mine the coal underneath. Activists living in the hamlet, abandoned by the former residents, have announced opposition. The black-green NRW state government wants to have the village cleared by the police - possibly in a few days. The preparations are already underway. The state government points out that in return the phase-out of coal has been brought forward by eight years to 2030.