A rapidly changing the way living president s promise america 1st policy of trying to try wall that morphed into a technological wall counting the cost on aljazeera. In response to Global Warming germany is in the process of closing down its coal industry for many years the countrys principal source of energy especially in the formerly communist east but theres fierce all humans about the pace of that closure between those worried about the economic consequences and those who believe that immediate action is necessary to come back to Climate Change so who will win germanys cold war. Only germanys just feels. A region of factories smokestacks and shop its. So this is just for the visitors now just as a result this is and like thousands of men before me im going down a coal mine. This is stepping into the bowels of modern german history. 875. Shifts were built in the 2nd world war the boots of 1st the 1st comers in this ok. The. Coal from the rule valley the dutch border helped build the steel that. Right. When germany lost the war it was split into a capitalist west and the soviet run east this cold helped remake with germany into would economic power. My grandfather this is like this yes this is of course. Called. It we use it like this to destroy big storms right. Siegel was born into this world and thought hed die and thats why when. My father was a miner my son was from by luck or 6 years but. Thats thats the end cause you have gone all mining in birmingham black coal miners anyone else how do you feel about that now the survey showed so. I told me he was very steady areas. This is no longer a working. Mine and some fellow ex miners run it as a tourist attraction to show visitors how life used to be so. It was. In 2018 germany closed its last black. And a rule tradition dating back centuries shot to us side. This is the Corporate Headquarters of the rule coal giant rangy its main job now is rehabilitating the closed minds the foyer proudly displays one of the last black nuggets ever mind that christophe biker is the companys last spokesman in colsons this is like a piece of the berlin wall yes this is a part of a burglar or a wall for us at the last coal and we take care of this part and nobody is allowed to told to take a piece of it. Its like a baby. Germanys transition from calls started in 2007 when the cull corp sat down with the unions and politicians and agreed to close down all the black coal mines by 28 saying the deal was that no workers would be sacked that all be given early retirement or found jobs in other industries it was an heroic gult and back then it had nothing to do with Climate Change it was all about money. But the 1970s it was cheaper to import coal than to dig it up from the rules underground mines the industry was surviving on government subsidies politicians decided in 2007 to pay not any longer subsidies father coal production. And to re decided to close. With the polluters in this company and they asked us how much time you need to do that without any problems so you close the black coal industry without firing any workers yes for this you need to think of some time and money but we have had both. The. Was not in my view. Many of those workers still get together in the rule colquhoun bought their days underground or. Older miners were given early retirement the younger ones were helped to find new jobs. In this choir that ranges from a. Research scientist to a budding trade Union Delegates christian whos 31 is looking forward to his new life representing workers the titles like that and the fun. Mission then to hear him say quarterback all love has been disloyal shown. To not to listen to the playing alpha instead of give this a label big. But elsewhere in the country mining continues. Because germany is still europes biggest producer of brown coal. Im driving from the rule valley to the old east germany. The region of loose a show on the polish border has huge reserves of this low grade high polluting fuel. Brown coal is a big employer here and they keep the jobs. After communism collapsed in 989 and germany reunited towns like shrem big did it tough as the men christine a hint here explains. I had just bought. A felt that hurt. Hurt kept s i n n a shite and for stand in tell ourselves. As a slight us or does not dare i need i think i answered under an industry class and mostly on the textile industry. Pots and. Brown coal is profitable because it isnt deep on the ground its dug up near the surface taken to nearby power plants and burns to boil water to make electricity. But its even dirtier than black culture. The problem isnt the steam you see pouring out of cooling towers its the Carbon Emissions you cant send. In the cosmopolitan capital berlin environmentalists have been demanding politicians shouted down. We need to end fossil fuels right now we dont have any time to waste anymore we cant wait another 18 years so were taking direct action to call for the immediate phase out of culture me. Daniel hoffecker is an activist with a new kind of protest movement called the lender meaning game. Is a mass action of civil disobedience against cold climate injustice and germany and what were doing right now is to prepare ourselves for this action. Doesnt march in the streets it uses military style tactics to occupy col areas fielding thousands of discipline activists in strategic formations to evade police and shot infrastructure down. The movement has put intense pressure on a government already struggling to cut emissions since the paris Climate Change agreement of 2015. Germany cant hope to meet its paris targets unless it closes all this so a commission representing politicians corporations using local government has just sounded the death knell for brown call but crucially in whats called the call compromise the going to be given nearly 2 decades to adjust the plan is that by 2038 at the latest the last brown coal mines and all the coal fired power plants will be gone for good. You might think people in new say she would be horrified. If the course is it and how they feel down for you going to do it does is it. Was one of the members of the Coal Commission threshed out the compromise. And i and molly have. Told us. Big smear insists its much better than waiting for cold inevitable long term wind. The government has agreed to kick in 40000000000 euros to kick start new industries in the brown coal region. And. Auntie in a given of her end result at a starched and enzyme household fire may our then pour ya boy be outside and most us ima. Get is just counting on this is tell her i know and. Spec and get leaked the region is already seeing the fruits of germanys embrace of Renewal EnergyWind Turbines and solar farms sprouting up next to power plants germany still relies on domestic and imported coal for about a 3rd of its electricity but around 40 percent comes from renewable energy. The i aim is to make that 65 percent by the end of the decade. In a cubicle and also come to tense in a in a game at home. And theyre in a. Region hoping to turn the old coal field into an eco tourism destination as disused mine pits a rehabilitated into artificial likes. The 2038 deadline should give the region plenty of time to adapt. But many activists insist the world cant wait. We have to phase out coal in germany right now if we dont do that its going to be quite another for the the end of the world as we know it the i. P. C. C. Tells us that if we continue burning coal were running into catastrophic Climate Change. As the transition details of being worked out and to go in there announces its next mass occupation will be loose asia. The announcement doesnt go down well with most locals. For all. Our. Excellent work on. Safeguard is a Security Guard at the coal plants hes as passionate about bruce asia as he is about hunting im like oh my god blesses us oh. So my god. Well theres with many loose ations e had to find a new way after communism ended and state subsidies dried up as well as working security for Energy Companies he runs a Small Business selling preserved meat from his kills. Thus the nautilus and the bees are oh and im going to hear. Somebody. But my data. Says fleiss yeah this is how it. Goes and last night. Bronx a bill believes the east was hard done by after reunification between have been avoided by a few hours of my knowledge farm in a micro coffee or dinner to come home fuming you when you try to do what you are not happy about you have a dog. Vomit fall foul of child. People learn to rely on each other and they dont like being pressured by outsiders less food i know they get on his dolls its Just Marketing dollars it solves the laws of does is. It. Fine shaft as this is unmarked and yes i know of a good it does on my part i didnt either. Mustang can see. Visits and the condition vanzant of was your head of the. Former why doesnt view of. The senate. Building new orleans. On good as a spend. 2 days before the threatened protest loose ations a staging a counter approaches theyve set up a vigil at a power plant slated to close early in 2028. Banners proclaiming we live from coal not great fairytales. Known. As in and then i give up hope i get a full time job. Started. And then a coil of pop like i get on the phone here. I dont get older than me. In the main loose ation town of compost theres a growing Police Presence and then not just keeping an eye out for and again and. While its the day before the big protest and by coincidence across Germany School students are going on strike for Climate Change though in this coal town its a little more difficult right now the millennial are almost outnumbered by police. In many other cities tens of thousands of students are marching the organize a hear constantine got a good ski has kept his expectations lower. So close to him how many people do you think the marching thanks i am content at all 250 maybe if we had in the. Year thats its good but its a lot less than other german cities yes is it difficult to do a protest like this in this cold down yes it does that mean youre already had them on stations again because venue is uncommon in every other joe and city i think. So do you feel a bit divided being from a cold community but protesting against poland and not because we all know that we have to end color the question is how fast you have to do it and. To my opinion that you have to stop it this was discussed. Mr gandhi was going to be dated and now you know and there you are. All nicked him you know their daughter you couldnt see hes a protest you know me and we started all i can do you. Know on them and never get my attention. You know only the bush budget thats been on my. Own been on my mind and getting home this weekend and given me given the good news now im in a corner. But the only ones i had to go yet. I know i was being. Done out here is a lie have i thought of the day yet there is a generational divide. The kids dont remember communism and they dont see a future in an industry thats heating the planet for now they can tend to make their point in peaceful street much as. God. Oh you are either. Calm those times before you miss out on you though that night coal mining families gather at a power plant to show their support for the coal compromise its. Giant videos praise the industry and accuse end the glenda of intimidation that i was its. The same. For the well this was. The night that i will follow both and happy as they come in plenty to stand on point to christina him a the mayor of tells them they wont be pressured to stop cold sooner. Will miss stanley our sky 100 have that is i know better than i was as i can speak to you they beat it ok thank you. From 4 am end the girl in this activist start assembling at berlin Central Station ready to board a train to say show the. Mess that you know sounds good. He doesnt feel like a gathering of football hooligans they insist its only the police who use violence theyve lost faith in peaceful. A little bit anxious that because of course doing these blockades of civil disobedience its a different form of protest because weve seen marching doesnt you know bring a change if we need to if thats a form of action to take. And but were going to be like thousands of people so im really looking for today. None of them know theyre a soft target yet coordinators will use an encrypted app to message them to make it harder for police to stop them. An hour into the journey they start putting on red beautiful eyes this is just one of 6 groups heading for the new sation coal fields. So in order to be more flexible and more effective with our pockets trend were splitting up the difference actually offering nurse after colors for the record we are 5000. 00 people maybe apps on the strength of. One of the reasons for the uniforms is to make it harder for police to identify. Many ask us not to film their faces and start scratching out the fingerprints and. Just leave it for you to flee a scary thing else given our i. D. s. Arriving at the station they still havent been told their destination but at a given signal they split in 2. I woke up. That one group rushes down the road to drool the main police force away while Daniels Group cuts into the forest. Did. Police a way to get the forest a. Little lower use both players lets the crowd rush through. Suddenly were at the age of a giant coal mine and theres not enough police to stop the. Frustrated some resort to pepper spray and back and. I. Am glad times oh you. Guys. Think. I was just part dual but the 1st action has been successful and youll keep our belief of the mind of the in time on his napco staff and elsewhere in the region there are 5 other things is talk of the other mines power stations and wildlife crossings its going to be up. For the next 10 hours they bring moose say she is cold industry to a standstill c. Its a symbolic act colleagues struction and burning soon resumes. But the message is as much for the government as the corporations call is going to end so now. The German Government wants to support the coal industry but theres a huge social movement in the way if thats what weve seen in germany is that the. Change for Climate Justice didnt come from the government it was fought for and won by a strong socialist we are part of that in fact the government is under intense pressure to show the transition the green party is demanding a maximum of 10 days the germany is still like use a hit of countries planning to expand to coal production. Its not a question of if coal goes the way. The end. The worlds biggest economy was put on hold. Deregulating industries of old delivered new growth for a president who promised greatness again. But the coronavirus pandemic has seen resurgence replaced with a recession as the world eagerly watches on to see how either president ial candidate might revive the flagship u. S. Economy but details coverage of the u. S. Elections on aljazeera i. M. C. 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