{"id":546,"date":"2013-10-09T13:38:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T12:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geheja.de\/?p=546"},"modified":"2013-10-11T08:51:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T07:51:03","slug":"europas-groesstes-tagebaugebiet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/en\/europas-groesstes-tagebaugebiet\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe&#8217;s biggest coal extraction area Garzweiler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like dinosaurs of steel, excavators are working their way through the biggest coal extraction area between Aachen and Cologne, day by day.<br \/>\nGarzweiler, once a town in that area is known as a synonym for the extraction of coal today.<\/p>\n<p>In the beginning of September 2013, I took the chance of a photo-flight over the region to document the working progress, which was planned long ago.<br \/>\nThe machines can go into depths of up to 250m and they don&#8217;t stop for houses or farmland.<br \/>\nBy the time, 14 villages were &#8220;moved&#8221; and thousands of people lost their homes. The so called <a title=\"mining law\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mining_law\">mining law<\/a>\u00a0makes sure that natural resources can be reached \u00a0but farmers don&#8217;t get a single cent for their lands.<\/p>\n<p>In 2045 the machines would have processed four billion tons of coal on an area of 100 square kilometers. About 7600 people could loose their homes.<br \/>\nOn ray of hope remains: Alternative energies (wind, sun) are able to put pressure on the power market price and further more the mining.<br \/>\nRWE will announce a savings plan in November.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-553\" alt=\"garzweiler07\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler07.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler07.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler07-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-552\" alt=\"garzweiler06\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler06.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler06.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler06-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-547\" alt=\"garzweiler01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler01.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler01.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler01-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-549\" alt=\"garzweiler03\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler03.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler03.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler03-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-550\" alt=\"garzweiler04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler04.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler04.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler04-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-548\" alt=\"garzweiler02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler02.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler02.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.geheja.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/garzweiler02-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Quelle: S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Fotos: <em>\u00a9\u00a0<\/em>Geerd H. 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