Ende Gelände #breakfree2016 action round-up

Between 13–15 May 2016 more than 3,500 peo­ple took part in a huge series of Ende Gelände (lit­er­al­ly: ‘here & no fur­ther’) direct actions to shut down Europe’s biggest source of CO2 emis­sions, fol­low­ing a cli­mate camp.

Between 13–15 May 2016 more than 3,500 peo­ple took part in a huge series of Ende Gelände (lit­er­al­ly: ‘here & no fur­ther’) direct actions to shut down Europe’s biggest source of CO2 emis­sions, fol­low­ing a cli­mate camp.

The Wel­zow-Süd open­cast coal mine in the Lusa­tia coal fields in Ger­many was shut down and the pow­er plant Schwarze Pumpe – Europe’s 10th largest emit­ter of CO2 – was cut off from all coal sup­plies.

Ende Gelände: Day 1 - Climate activists shut down one of Europe's largest opencast lignite mines

Many entered the mine, oth­ers blocked coal trains and con­vey­or belts trans­port­ing coal to the pow­er plant. Swedish ener­gy com­pa­ny Vat­ten­fall reduced the pow­er plant’s capac­i­ty by 80 per cent. After more than 48 hours, the activists stopped the block­ade on Sun­day 15 May 2016.

The mass action Ende Gelände (‘here and no fur­ther’) demands an end of coal now.

Pic­tures: 1 | 2 | 3

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Next Ger­man cli­mate camp in the Rhineland (note clash with EF! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing)