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Greenpeace Takes a Page from Pirate Notebook |
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Written by National Post
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 |
Greenpeace boards ship to protest coal-burning plants in Spain
Greenpeace activists boarded a cargo ship carrying Colombian coal at a
port in northern Spain yesterday to protest Spain's reliance on the
highly polluting energy source. The four activists painted "Quit Coal"
in English and Spanish on the side of the Windsor Adventure, which was
transporting 54,000 tonnes of coal. "The message from today's action is
simple: to tackle climate change, Europe needs to end its outdated
dependency on coal," said Agnes de Rooij, a Greenpeace member. The
action comes as the European Parliament is set to vote tomorrow on the
bloc's response to climate change. Greenpeace wants the EU to block
building more than 50 new coal-fired plants in Europe.
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