A picture taken on January 16, 2020 near Buir shows excavators at the Hambach open-pit lignite (brown coal) mine operated by German energy producer RWE in Niederzier and Elsdorf, western Germany. The mine is in the focus of environmentalists for years, as power generation using lignite has a negative impact on the climate change, and also because RWE plans to clear the ancient “Hambacher Forst” forest in order to enlarge its mine. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/AFP Photo)
