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A view to kill (the climate) for?

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Jörg Luyken
Feb 06, 2023
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The Story

January was supposed to be a month of triumph for the German climate movement. Everything had been arranged for heroic scenes of them fighting a last stand against the evil energy firm RWE.

The world was supposed to watch as protesters fought an ultimately futile battle for the village of Lützerath against the…

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