Germany plans to give coal trains priority over passenger services on its rail network as it struggles with an energy crunch that’s threatening the economy, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper ...

An excavator working at the Garzweiler open-pit coal mine in Germany in August ... the government gave cargo trains carrying coal and other fuels priority over passenger ones.

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Credit: Deutsche Bahn/Volker Emersleben Deutsche Bahn (DB) has received government approval for a group of projects that will expand and electrify railway lines in Germany’s coal mining regions, ...

"Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine in Germany. We were kettled ... roughly 127 people went onto railway tracks that connect the Garzweiler ...

the deadline for the "coal exit". Their fears help explain the strong local support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which does not just rail against migrants but also rejects the ...

During the 19th century, the Ruhr was the driving force behind Germany’s rapid evolution ... the area became a hotbed of coal mining and steelmaking. New railways sprang up to serve these ...

Lützerath, about 20 miles west of Dusseldorf, has long been a climate flashpoint in Germany because of its position on the edge of the open-cast lignite coal mine, Garzweiler II. The mine sprawls ...

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was briefly detained Tuesday by police at a protest over the controversial expansion of a western Germany coal mine that has become a flashpoint for that ...

BERLIN – Germany will bring several mothballed coal plants back to the market this winter to ensure that Europe’s largest economy can keep the lights on when demand peaks. An order to allow ...