German Coal Mine Protest

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg swiftly resumed campaigning on Wednesday after she was briefly detained in Germany during a protest against a coal mine expansion, tweeting that protecting the climate was not a crime.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Tuesday hauled away and detained during a protest at a German village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion, police said.

Hundreds of North Rhine-Westphalia police officers got stuck in thick mud while trying to remove the protesters from the village.

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg swiftly resumed campaigning on Wednesday after she was briefly detained in Germany during a protest against a coal mine expansion, tweeting that protecting the climate was not a crime.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Tuesday hauled away and detained during a protest at a German village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion, police said.

Hundreds of North Rhine-Westphalia police officers got stuck in thick mud while trying to remove the protesters from the village.