br pPolice and activists clashed during a protest against the clearing of the Hambach Forest near Cologne, Germany, home to activists living in tree houses, as the evictions continueda on September 17.ppFootage shows police in riot gear pushing activists back as they marched with a banner reading “On trees against coal. Hambach Forest remains”ppThe activists built the camp in order to block the expansion of a nearby coal mine and have been living there for the past six years.ppDeutsche Wellea reported that the RWE energy company, which owns the forest, intends to clear some 100 hectares (247 acres) of land to expand the nearby Hambach mine, already Europe’s biggest open pit coal mine.ppThey saida that 14 activists were detained on Sunday.