German police confront treehouse activists after six-year standoff

Occupiers protesting against coal mine expansion in Hambach forest call for mass mobilisationHundreds of police officers have descended on a patch of forest in western Germany occupied by activists living in treehouses, in a major escalation of a long-running environmental battle. Related: Who's the world's leading eco-vandal? It's Angela Merkel | George Monbiot Continue reading...