ERKELENZ (dpa-AFX) - Police began clearing the lignite town of Lützerath occupied by climate activists on Wednesday morning. "The evacuation of #Lützerath has begun. The area is being fenced off. People in the fenced-off area currently have the opportunity to leave the site without further police action," the forces wrote on their Twitter channel, which had previously been referenced by a press spokesman./mhe/DP/mis