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Added on the 01/08/2022 11:25:36 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Truck drivers continue to demonstrate on the streets of Bogota as part of broader protests across Colombia against the diesel price increase announced over a week ago by President Gustavo Petro's government. IMAGES
German police officers begin removing climate activists perched precariously on high structures after they embarked on an operation to evacuate a protest camp that has become a symbol of resistance against fossil fuels. Luetzerath, a village in North Rhine-Westphalia state, has been turned over to around 2,000 anti-coal activists who are trying to prevent the site from being dug up for coal. IMAGES
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announces that Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium intend to increase wind power capacity in the North Sea tenfold by 2050. SOUNDBITE
In Luxembourg, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner says it is not yet possible for the EU to cut Russian gas imports as a sanction against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
A former coal-fired power station in Lünen, Germany, is partially destroyed in three controlled explosions. The 110-metre high cooling tower, the 250-metre chimney and the 70-metre boiler house collapse under the blasts, requiring 420 kilograms of explosives in 2100 bores. The Lünen coal-fired power station was commissioned in 1938 and its dismantling began in June 2020. Germany has decided to abandon coal by 2038, although it still accounts for a quarter of its energy mix. IMAGES
The European Union is preparing to launch a case against Colombia at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the country's anti-dumping measures on imports of frozen fries from three European countries. SOUNDBITE
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