The aim was to gain a more comprehensive understanding of methane emissions from underground and surface coal mining. The German-Australian research team's evaluation of a large open-cast coal ...

Welcome to Lützerath, the last hamlet before the 3,200-hectare Garzweiler open-cast coal mine in North Rhine-Westphalia. Over the last two years, "Lützi" has become a symbol of the climate ...

Climate flashpoint Lützerath, about 20 miles west of Dusseldorf, has long been a climate flashpoint in Germany because of its position on the edge of the open-cast lignite coal mine, Garzweiler II.

German officials give green light for country’s largest floating solar power plant to be built on man-made lake in former coal mine.

There has been "epic mismanagement" of the UK's biggest former open cast coal mine, a new report has found, including the company which owns it failing to meet a pledge to restore the site after ...

El Cerrejon in northeast Colombia is the largest open-pit coal mine in Latin America. Run by Swiss company Glencore, the mine produced some 23.4 million tonnes of coal in 2021. Germany is planning ...

Residents of communities near a proposed coal mining project in the Vaal region say they fear that their entire way of life could be destroyed if the mining project goes ahead. The proposed ...

Thousands of people demonstrated in persistent rain on Saturday to protest the clearance and demolition of a village in western Germany that is due to make way for the expansion of a coal mine ...

The village of Lutzerath, to be exact – where several hundred protestors are trying to stop it being destroyed, and becoming part of a giant open cast coal mine.

LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — Police in riot gear began evicting climate activists Wednesday from a condemned village in western Germany that is due to be demolished for the expansion of a coal mine.

Climate campaigners counter that expanding a massive open-cast coal mine goes against Germany’s international commitments to reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases.