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Demolishing Lützerath:
- is not compatible with 1.5 degree target of Paris agreement
- energy supply security not endangered without demolishing Lützerath

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3 German law (Article 15): Expropriation 

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3 German law (Article 15): Expropriation 

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- Expropriation is permissible for the public good (energy security).

- Compensation shall be determined by establishing an equitable balance between the public interest and the interests of those affected.

- In case of dispute concerning the amount of compensation, recourse may be had to the ordinary courts.

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• Contaminates ground water
• Chemical, air & dust pollution
• Release of methane in the Atmosphere
• Coal Fires releasing smoke containing toxic greenhouse gasses

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• Coal dust inhalation can cause black lung disease.
• Those who live in nearby towns are the most affected.
• Cardiopulmonary disease, hypertension, COPD, and kidney disease are found in higher than normal rates in people who live near coal mines.

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-Since 1860: industrialization leads to increase of mining

-Since 1920: villages are demolished

-1926: first village Berrenrath resettled in Rhineland

- Atomic Energy Act in 1959 (provided a way for nuclear energy to develop itself)

- No objections until 1970

- Reasons for oppositions : creation of a radioactive waste treatment centre in Goerleben, Chernobyl in 1986

- Plants dismantling was scheduled to begin in 2007

- Concerns about a potential energy crisis began to emerge in 2005 (first mention of coal as a substitute)

- 2011 : Fukushima, Germany has decided to stop all nuclear use by 2022

- July 2022: energy crisis (Russian invasion of Ukraine), the German parliament decides to reopen coal plants until then closed

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No
-home/memories lost
-clubs and societies lack members
-cultural goods demolished (e.g. churches)
-"symbolic" fight for climate targets
-fighting people get more money than people who just adjust to resettlement -> unfair, discrimination of people who don´t have power to fight

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Yes
-new, modern houses
-age-based houses (e.g. without stairs)
-people can choose position of new houses
-village communities are preserved

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5 Is money enough to move from your home?

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Did people really have to resettle for an activity ending in 8 years?

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Current action are not in accordance with future plans!

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Germany plans to phase out coal in the region until the year  2030

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Need for energy now

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7 Necessary?

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Need for additional power is solved by large number of coal power plants. That leads to bigger consumption of coal. Which forces expansion of coal mines. Expansion of mines forces migration of towns in near vicinity.

In Germany: 125.000 people resettled and more than 370 villages were demolished

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MIGRATION in Germany because of coal mining