Climate protest not a crime, Greta Thunberg says after detention
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[January 18, 2023]
LUETZERATH, Germany (Reuters) - Environmental activist Greta
Thunberg swiftly resumed campaigning on Wednesday after she was briefly
detained in Germany during a protest against a coal mine expansion,
tweeting that protecting the climate was not a crime.
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Police officers detain climate activist
Greta Thunberg on the day of a protest against the expansion of the
Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine of Germany's utility RWE to
Luetzerath, in Germany, January 17, 2023 that has highlighted tensions
over Germany's climate policy during an energy crisis. REUTERS/Wolfgang
Rattay |