#hambach forest

Watch the RWE AG (the company running the browncoal mine at the Hambach Forest which is occupied by activists) stock prices plummet as a result of the Hambi resistance to eviction, the protests and the re-occupation of the forest:

3 months not detailed enough for ya? here’s a one week overview:

You can also note a little recovery at the end. So do you wanna keep those stocks crashing down?

"FCK RWE / Hambi (Forest) Stays!"

RWE is an energy company which operates the massive Hambach brown coal mine in Germany, which is planned to soon devour what is left of the adjacent forest.

For the past 6 years, environmental activists have resisted the destruction of the forest through a variety of tactics, including lawsuits, demonstrations and mass civil disobedience actions at the mine by the Ende Gelaende climate campaign, alongside the consistent construction of barricades, tripods and tree-houses in the forest and late night sabotage actions against mine site machinery.

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective | It's Going Down | October 10th 2018

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Excerpt:

Over the last week, the German Police have deployed thousands of officers, backed up by water cannons and armored vehicles, to evict hundreds of climate activists trying to defend the last remnants of an ancient forest in Germany from being destroyed by RWE, which wants to expand the biggest open coal mine in Europe.

And Wednesday this brutal eviction ended in tragedy when it caused the loss of life of a young blogger and journalist, called Steffan. He reportedly fell from a suspension bridge between two cabins which had been built by activists high up in the trees to try and prevent the ancient 12,000 year old and much-loved Hambach forest—known locally as Hambi—being cut down.

After Steffan's death, tensions were running high. Last night activists pasted a statement that: "We are deeply shaken. All our thoughts and desires are with him. Our compassion goes to all the relatives, friends and people who feel concerned. We urge the police and RWE to leave the forest immediately and stop this dangerous operation. No further lives may be endangered."

The fight between RWE and climate activists has been going on for years and has become of the defining battles of fossil fuel extraction of our time. Activists are arguing RWE has to stop mining dirty coal to protect the oak and hornbeam forest, home to protected species such as bats, frogs and dormouse. They are also trying to prevent wider climate change too.