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    The Tagebau Garzweiler (German pronunciation: [ˈtaːɡəbaʊ̯ ˈɡaʁt͜sˌʋaɪ̯lɐ]) is a surface mine (German: Tagebau) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia...
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    there. In three weeks it made a 22-kilometre (14 mi) trip to the Tagebau Garzweiler, travelling across Autobahn 61, the river Erft, a railroad line, and several...
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    This is a list of mines in Germany. Garzweiler open pit mine Hambach open pit mine Luisenthal Mine Profen coal mine Zeche Neuglück & Stettin Zollern II/IV...
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    seam-free Kasterer Horst and the Erft bend to the east and extends with the Garzweiler I and II opencast mines as far as Jüchen and Erkelenz, with the lignite...
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    expansion of the Garzweiler surface mine; in January 2023, Lützerath was eradicated to make way for the opencast mining of Garzweiler II ; it will eventually...
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    Bucket wheel excavators in Garzweiler surface mine, Germany. Note the 40-ton CAT wheeled dozer at lower left for size comparison...
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    equipment vehicles parked near a quarry in Israel Bucket wheel excavators in Garzweiler surface mine, Germany Wheel loader Grader cleaning and leveling Heavy...
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    change mitigation. Between 21 and 23 June 2019, protests centered on the Garzweiler open pit mine of the Rhenish lignite mining area [de]. Protests also took...
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    might have been suitable for Big Muskie's design were located at the Garzweiler mine in Germany, where more efficient giant bucket wheel excavators—the...
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    Garzweiler surface mine, Germany...
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    activists. Germany portal Energy portal Ende Gelände 2017 Ende Gelände 2018 Garzweiler open pit mine Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment Rheinisches...
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    A bucket-wheel excavator extracting lignite from Garzweiler surface mine in Germany during 2008...
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  • Open-pit coal mining at Garzweiler, Germany...
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    destruction of the entire village of Borschemich in order to make way for the Garzweiler surface mine. A new smaller church with the same dedication [de] was built...
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    Strip mining lignite at Tagebau Garzweiler near Grevenbroich, Germany...
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    activists by German police while demonstrating at the opencast coal mine of Garzweiler 2, around 9 km from the village on 17 January, after police warned the...
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    Extreme Engineering" (PDF). HELMo — Haute École Libre Mosane. p. 7. "Garzweiler: Bagger 288". "Bagger 288 – The World's Largest Excavator". Oddity Central...
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    Stacker at Garzweiler surface mine...
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    a group of Ende Gelände 2019 activists started protests at the nearby Garzweiler II open-pit lignite mine, blocking various mining infrastructure over...
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    Strip mining at Garzweiler surface mine in Germany. The lignite being extracted is at left, the removed overburden being placed at right. Note that it...
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  • Germany Biblis Nuclear Power Plant Innogy Nordsee 1 Garzweiler surface mine Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant Hambach surface mine Lingen Nuclear Power...
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    2019, occupations around the Garzweiler and Lusatian open pit mines, Germany Ende Gelände 2020, occupation of Garzweiler open pit mine and also a gas...
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    Germany Biblis Nuclear Power Plant Innogy Nordsee 1 Garzweiler surface mine Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant Hambach surface mine Lingen Nuclear Power...
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    Cerrejón – coal mine in Guajira Department Sukari – gold mine Tagebau Garzweiler – lignite mine Tagebau Hambach – lignite mine Tagebau Inden – lignite...
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  • German aircraft manufacturer Skywalk (Jackerath), a viewing point at the Garzweiler open-pit lignite mine, Germany Skywalk Observatory, an observation deck...
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    mining for fossil Castanopsis in the form of lignite ("brown coal"). Garzweiler (Germany), 2006. Click to enlarge; note Bagger 288 and 289 in the left...
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    destruction of the entire village of Immerath in order to make way for the Garzweiler surface mine. A new smaller church with the same dedication [de] was built...
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  • demolition of the entire village to make way for an expansion of the Garzweiler surface mine. The church had been added to the list of heritage monuments...
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    Germany Biblis Nuclear Power Plant Innogy Nordsee 1 Garzweiler surface mine Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant Hambach surface mine Lingen Nuclear Power...
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  • Germany Biblis Nuclear Power Plant Innogy Nordsee 1 Garzweiler surface mine Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant Hambach surface mine Lingen Nuclear Power...
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