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There were protests against the coal industry, but on the mining side. The first that I found was in 2008 against mining of brown coal[1].

I would argue that there are less targeted protest against coal because protest concerning climate change include being against using fossil fuels which includes brown coal.

Nuclear is a special case, as accidents have a higher risk with a bigger area affected, so there will be more people that are concerned about it(same as with having coal mined next door vs. having a power plant somewhere in your region).

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagebau_Garzweiler#Protest_und...