5/8/2023 0 Comments Highway race icon glue![]() ![]() At odds with the government's climate protection promises, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's governing coalition is investing more in fossil fuels, not less. Germany, Europe's largest economy, is racing to replace Russian natural gas after Moscow cut off a key pipeline over the summer. "They're not taking overdue measures to protect future generation's lives." "We're here today because we can't just look and see what the government is doing right now," says Johnsen, a 24-year-old university student focusing on environmental science. Lina Johnsen, a member of the group, looks cold as she finishes sticking her chapped, ungloved hands to the icy tarmac using industrial-strength superglue. Like many scientists, they argue that it'll be too late for future generations to stop the climate crisis if governments don't act now. The activists belong to a group called Letzte Generation, or Last Generation. ![]() Commuter traffic has come to a standstill at a highway exit on the western edge of the city, as a dozen climate activists sit down on a pedestrian crossing in front of four lanes of cars and trucks. Esme Nicholson/NPRÄ«ERLIN - It's rush hour on a cold, snowy morning in Berlin. Police unstick their hands using cooking oil and a pastry brush while irate drivers look on, stuck for more than an hour. Climate activists from the group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) hold up commuter traffic on a Monday morning in Berlin by supergluing themselves to the road. ![]()
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