250 people at human chain AGAINST climate camp in Mühlrose

From BZ/dpa

“The resettlement of Mühlrose and the choice of the new location in the neighboring community of Schleife were clear majority decisions by Mühlroser,” said the mayor of the community of Schleife, Jörg Funda. According to the CDU politician, these were made after detailed and precise consideration.

Despite the agreed phase-out of coal by 2038, Mühlrose is to be one of the last places to give way to open-cast mining, because from the end of the 2020s the lignite lying beneath the village is to be mined by the Nochten open-cast mine. This is intended to secure the supply of the Boxberg power plant site in the long term.

Opponents argue that the Mühlrose special field is no longer needed in view of the exit and according to an expert opinion.

Climate activists therefore want to set up a climate camp in Mühlrose this week to take a stand against coal mining there.

The resettlement took place from the start in close coordination and with the participation of the residents of Mühlros on the basis of the resettlement contract between the Leag energy company and the municipalities of Trebendorf and Schleife. The incumbent mayor of the municipality of Trebendorf, Robert Sprejz, also expects “respect for the feelings of the people of Mühlros”.

Since 2006, the majority had decided in favor of resettlement through citizen surveys. This decision must now be respected.

The two communities fear similar developments as in Lützerath in North Rhine-Westphalia. In January, there was resistance and protests in the Rhenish Revier when the police cleared the climate camp of coal opponents for several days so that the energy company RWE could excavate the lignite underneath.