Ende Gelände 2018 were a series of events of a mass movement for climate justice in the in Germany. The non-violent direct action civil disobedience events were targeted against coal-based power generation through RWE Power AG and demanded the "immediate fossil fuel phase-out" based on climate justice and climate change mitigation.
Some smaller activities happened on the in the Hambach Forest, whereas the main activities were concentrated around the .
On the , a bucket-wheel excavator near the village of as well as the rails of the belonging to the Hambach surface mine were occupied by several thousand activists for 22 hours in order to symbolically block the transfer of lignite to the power plants. More than people took part in the protests.
In the aftermath to the activities, the public prosecutor's office Aachen investigates for breach of the peace against some 400 participants of the protests, who also tried to enter the .
See also
Ende Gelände
Ende Gelände 2017
Ende Gelände 2019
Extinction Rebellion (XR) School strike for climate / Fridays for Future (FFF) Earth Strike Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment Energy transition (in Germany) Fossil fuel divestment Climate disobedience
References
External links
"So viele wie nie" - Video of "graswurzel.tv" "So lange wie noch nie" - Video of "graswurzel.tv"
2018 in Germany
2018 in the environment
2018 protests
Occupations (protest) Climate change in Germany Climate change policy Coal mining Coal in Germany Demonstrations Direct action Environmental protests in Germany Mining in Germany RWE Surface mining