On Thursday, activists in Germany stormed Berlin Brandenburg Airport and glued themselves to the tarmac to protest the government’s inaction on climate change.
The activists were members of climate activist group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) and said the stunt was staged to protest greenhouse gas emissions caused by air travel.
“An affluent percentage of the population is responsible for roughly half of flight-related greenhouse gas emissions,” Last Generation said in a public statement.
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Protesters also urged the German government to invest in rail travel.
Climate change activists glue themselves to the street during a protest in Cologne, Germany, Nov. 24, 2022.
(Letzte Generation/Handout via REUTERS )
Members of the climate change activist group Last Generation glue themselves to the tarmac of an airport in Berlin, Germany.
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An airport spokesman said the group, which included a 70-year-old man, gained unauthorized entry through two separate points in the tarmac parameter.
About 13 flights were forced to divert or change course.
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Climate change activists vandalizing a painting to raise awareness about climate change.
(Letzte generation)
Climate protesters this year have targeted paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet and Leonardo da Vinci. Two climate protesters thrown tomato soup on a van gogh paintingtwo others plastered potatoes on a piece of Monet and another tossed a Mona Lisa cake.
Even the protesters poured onto the highways stop traffic in the name of reducing the use of fossil fuels and pour milk on store floors to fight for environmental justice.
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Climate change activists ‘Ultima Generazione, or Last Generation, turned on Andy Warhol’s painted BMW in Milan on Friday, covering it in flour.
(Reuters)
On Oct. 23, Last Generation activists threw mashed potatoes at a $110 million Monet painting in a Potsdam museum.
The group said they threw mashed potatoes at the painting to raise awareness of the dangers of fossil fuels.
Jon Michael Raasch of Fox News contributed to this report.
