Germany hopes to get 'green hydrogen' from Australia by 2030

By Joanna Plucinska and Tim Hepher DUBLIN (Reuters) - The airline industry plans to invoke EU rights to freedom of movement to push back against environmental restrictions on short-haul flights,

German news agency dpa is reporting that Swedish climate activist Great Thunberg and several other protesters have been carried away by German police from the edge of an open coal pit mine

German news agency dpa is reporting that dozens of climate activists have glued themselves to a main street in the western Germany city of Cologne and to a state government building in Duesseldorf to protest the destruction of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion

German news agency dpa is reporting that dozens of climate activists have glued themselves to a main street in the western Germany city of Cologne and to a state government building in Duesseldorf to protest the destruction of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion

The fate of a tiny village has sparked heated debate in Germany over the country’s continued use of coal and whether tackling climate change justifies breaking the law

German police enter disputed village to evict climate activists protesting expansion of coal mine

German police on Tuesday began removing climate activists perched precariously on high structures as they embarked on a "dangerous" operation to evacuate a protest camp that has become a symbol of resistance against fossil fuels.To avoid injuring the protesters, the police will need to enter the village using heavy vehicles including cranes equipped with lifting platforms, to remove the activists one by one.

A German court on Tuesday began hearing a case against Volkswagen brought by climate group Greenpeace to try to compel the giant group to stop selling petrol and diesel cars from 2030.Another climate group, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, has brought similar cases against fellow German car giants Mercedes-Benz (formerly Daimler) and BMW, as well as the energy company Wintershall Dea.

Climate activists are pledging to defend a tiny village in western Germany from being bulldozed for the expansion of a nearby coal mine

A top German official says the government is working on legislation enabling the use of underground carbon storage, a much-discussed technology that he said is preferable to releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere