RWE Reviews Mine Protest Damage, Says Power Plants Not at Risk
Climate activists sit on the ground after entering the Garzweiler coal mine on June 22..
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German utility RWE AG is reviewing damage done by environmental campaigners who accessed the company’s Garzweiler open-pit mine in Germany’s Rhineland on Saturday.
There were five arson attacks on pump stations and electricity transformers amid the protests, company spokeswoman Stephanie Schunck said by phone. Demonstrators also blocked railroads used to carry lignite to nearby power plants, demanding an immediate exit from the use of coal in order to combat climate change.