Pasha protest
Last night Greenpeace used the coal ship Pasha, which is beached near Newcastle due to violent storms, as a venue for a protest against Australia’s continued commitment to using coal for electricity. They beamed the words “This is what climate change looks like” onto the side of the ship using laser lights, and “Coal Causes Climate Chaos” as well. I think it’s an innovative way to protest: it doesn’t harm people or property, but is interesting and to the point. (The linked news article has the only decent photo I can find).
In other Greenpeace news, activists have also been charged with trespass and malicious damage for chaining themselves to a conveyor belt at a coal-loading dock, which stopped them from loading coal for a whole two hours.
Seems kinda retro compared to the Pasha…