“That gas-fired power station will be built after all, they said. And look now”: how Jackie Janssen brought energy giant RWE to its knees and brings a battery park to Limburg

When it becomes known in 2020 that the German energy giant RWE wants to build a gas-fired power station in Dilsen-Stokkem, almost all residents will be shocked. Local resident Jackie Janssen reads in the file how the CO2-spewing chimney will be visible from his backyard and rolls up his sleeves. How a battle of almost two years turns into one redeeming phone call. Jackie vs RWE, David vs Goliath. “I’ve been working so hard on that file and not enough with my family. But their support is unprecedented.”

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