Greenpeace activists block the gate to the French Embassy in Moscow, Russia in a protest against nuclear waste import from France to Russia.
From Russia to Indonesia via the Czech Republic, Greenpeace activists are making noise – and the media is taking note.
French and Russian newspapers are reporting on our anti-nuclear action outside the French embassy in Moscow and the French consulate in St Petersburg. Greenpeace activists yesterday chained themselves to barrels marked 'Radioactive' in a protest against nuclear transports from France to Russia.
They were arrested in both cities, but the message stuck: “Russia is not a dustbin.”
Nestlé isn't off the hook
The angry apes we let lose on the headquarters of Nestlé in Jakarta made it into the media in Mexico, Germany, Portugal, Thailand and Indonesia, where the Jakarta Post and the influential business newspaper Bisnis Indonesia ran stories showing our activists dressed as orangutans.
The pressure is still on for Nestlé to go all the way and cut all forest-destroying palm oil producers from its supply chain completely.
Meanwhile, Sueddeutsche Zeitung in Germany once again pointed out how badly the Swiss food giant has handled our action. Commenting on its attempts to block critical user comments after our controversial video had started spreading around the world, the newspaper said Nestlé was now widely perceived not just as a group of “ape-killers”, but also of “anti-democrats.”
And neither is the Czech government
In the Czech Republic, the Denik newspaper continues to keep its eyes on our action at Prunerov, the coal-fired power station now known as a “Global Shame”. The remaining five activists that climbed the plant’s 300 metre high chimney on Monday have now been arrested, but it all seems as if the Czech government is finally prepared to listen to us.
This is their chance to turn down the demand by CEZ, Prunerov’s operator, to let this dirty plant run for another 25 polluting years. If we want a chance to stop catastrophic climate change, we need an Energy [R]evolution - not a quarter of a century of the same old mistake. Will they do the right thing?
(Picture credit: © Greenpeace / Vadim Kantor)