Climate activists in Germany pledge to defend a small village from being destroyed by the expansion of a nearby coal mine. The issue has become a battleground between the government and environmentalists.---In a village small and true,Climate activists pledged anewTo defend it from the mining crewAnd the coal that they would accrueThe mine expansion faced resistanceFrom environmentalists' persistenceIt had become a battlegroundFor the future of the townBut the activists stood their groundDetermined to keep the coal unboundThey vowed to protect this little gemFrom the destruction of the coal stemSo let the bulldozers try their worstThe activists will stand up firstFor the sake of the earth, they will fightAnd the future they will make right.