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Key FactsThunberg says Germany is "embarrassing itself" by clearing coal mine activists.
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  • BERLIN, 13 January (Reuters) - During a visit to the site, where demonstrators have dug in to try to stop the expansion of a coal mine, climate activist Greta Thunberg called the forced removal of protesters from an abandoned village in western Germany "outrageous."

  • "Germany is really embarrassing itself right now," Thunberg said, referring to the expansion of the Garzweiler lignite coal mine run by RWE (RWEG.

  • The standoff over the coal mine expansion, which activists see as a symbol of Berlin's failing climate policy amid Europe's largest economy's energy crisis, could last weeks, according to police.
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