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For the Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND), the town of Lützerath, which is to make way for the Rhenish lignite open pit mine, is much more than a symbol. “If Lützerath is destroyed, this means that 280 million tons of lignite will continue to weigh on our climate balance,” said Dirk Jansen of the BUND of North Rhine-Westphalia in an interview with the newspaper “nd.DerTag” (Tuesday edition ). “This is much more than would be acceptable.” So it’s not just about preserving a grown city, it’s also about meeting Paris’ climate protection goals. “If coal under Lützerath is used, our CO2 budget will be overused.” The environmentalist’s prognosis is bleak. “I don’t see the state government in other areas, both industrial policy and transportation policy, reducing the amount of CO2 needed to eliminate this penalty.” In this respect, the removal of Lützerath would place a heavy burden on climate protection.
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