RWE reviews mine protest damage, says power plants not at risk

erman utility RWE AG is reviewing damage done by environmental campaigners who accessed the company’s Garzweiler openpit mine in Germany’s Rhineland on Saturday.

There were five arson attacks on pump stations and electricity transformers amid the protests, company spokeswoman Stephanie Schunck said by phone. Demonstrators also blocked railroads used to carry lignite to nearby power plants, demanding an immediate exit from the use of coal in order to combat climate change.