Protesters occupy German village Luetzerath earmarked for demolition to make way for coal mineThe fate of Luetzerath embodies Germany's battle to ditch coal to meet its climate commitments and also keep the lights on following Russia's squeeze on gas supplies.Thursday 5 January 2023 20:09, UKEnvironmental activists occupying a German village due to be swallowed up by a coal mine have vowed to fight on as police gear up to evict them.The group LuetziBleibt - which translates as Luetzi is Staying - claimed "around a couple of hundred people" were currently hunkered down in the village and expects more to join at the weekend."We want the coal to stay in the ground because it threatens the basis of human civilisation," said Johanna Inkermann, a spokesperson for Luetzi is Staying."With climate catastrophe already being here, already harshly affecting people in the Global South, who have not caused [it], we are demanding a change in our current economic system," she told Sky News over the phone from the camp."