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Day two on the coal occupation in Italy
Posted by tracy on 9 July 2009.
High above the Venice lagoon, Greenpeace demand strong climate leadership. from the G8.
Just as our tired activists in Italy were starting to settle in for a long night on top of the coal power stations yesterday, we got word that Greenpeace climbers in the US had rappelled down the face of Mount Rushmore with a banner that challenges Obama to show real leadership on climate change at the G8 this week.
I could barely pull myself away from my desk watching the live stream and commentary from the US. All of the climbers were arrested and released last night.
We're now into day two in Italy and the paint brushes are out. Emily is one of six climbers on the new coal power station at Civitaecchia and they are painting ‘G8 stop this' on one of the two domes that holds the coal. This power station is in the final stages of construction and is the first coal plant in Italy in 20 years.
Emily is one of the Kingsnorth Six who climbed and painted Kingsnorth coal-fired power station and was acquitted of criminal damage in defence of the climate last year.
Listen to an audio interview with Emily here:
Follow the live feed from the action here, and on twitter: @greenpeaceuk
