Fire and resistance: Protest against natural gas drilling in Reichling!

Fire and resistance: Protest against natural gas drilling in Reichling!

in Reichling, a place in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg, the protest is boiling against planned natural gas bores. The Canadian-German company Genexco Gas plans to drill after natural gas at over 3,000 meters from the beginning of 2025. Angry residents, local politicians and environmentalists fear for the safe drinking water supply and the environment, since the drilling area is only 150 meters away from protected areas for endangered species. According to the BR and Greenpeace show that the concerns are taken seriously. You have set up a burning, three-meter high CO2 sign at the drilling point and with slogans such as “Stopping gas bores in Bavaria” demand that the government stop planning immediately.

Greenpeace activists who carried out the protest campaign on Wednesday morning use an unusual type of protest this time: Instead of gas, the installation was inflamed with a mixture of stone flour and cleaned oil. In view of the ongoing climate crisis, environmentalists and experts like Saskia Reinbeck issue clear messages. They warn against exploiting new gas deposits, since each hole not only contributes to CO2 emission, but also releases methane that is even more harmful to the climate. Despite the arguments and a legal comparison, which is intended to prove that Minister Hubert Aiwanger can stop the gas drilling despite legal options, this remains idle.

protests continue