RWE lignite mining blocked amid doubts on 2038 German exit date

Tens of thousands protest open pit mining near Aachen while Bavarian state premier demands coal exit by 2030

Activists trying to block RWE's Garzweiler open pit lignite mine — Activists trying to block RWE's Garzweiler open pit lignite mineFoto: Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images

Bernd Radowitz in Berlin

Published 24 June 2019, 08:51Updated 24 June 2019, 09:04