Today, 6,500 people are crowding the Rhineland coalfield in the biggest Ende Gelände action ever. 4000 people are blocking the tracks that supply RWE’s power plant with lignite.
Around 40 people have been occupying a digger in the Hambach mine. Other groups are confined by the police. Never before we have been so many people who stand up for climate justice and system change!
26. September 2019 Following the publication of the federal government's „climate package“, the action alliance Ende Gelände announces a mass action of civil disobedience in the Lusatian coal mining area. Thousands of people will block coal infrastructure with their bodies on the weekend of 29 November to 1 December 2019. Ende Gelände thus protests against the total failure of the Federal Government in climate policy. The alliance demands an immediate exit from coal and a fundamental system change. Continue reading ...
12. July 2019 The action weekend of Ende Gelände (EG) from June 19th until 24th, 2019 was a weekend of superlatives. For 45 hours, the coal supply to the Neurath power station was blocked. 2,000 activists occupied the open pit mine of Garzweiler. 5,000 to 6,000 people brought the struggle for climate justice to the places of destruction – the Rhenish coal mining district – in a massive act of civil disobedience. Continue reading ...
21. June 2019 Today around 4,000 climate activists will start from the Ende Gelände protest camp in Viersen to block the coal fields in Rhineland. Continue reading ...
16. June 2019 Good news from all sides: today we will set up our camp in Viersen (Sunday, 16 June 2019) starting at 2 p.m. In addition we have new important journey tips for you, so that we can all arrive problem-free. Continue reading ...
14. June 2019 Althougha mobile canteen kitchen will delight us with its usual delicious foodit is possible that their capacities will not always be sufficient if soooo many people are actually actively on the move for the climate. Therefore prepare yourself with food and drink for the length of the action you are planning to join. Continue reading ...