The Swanbank B occupation

12 July 2008: Greenpeace activists finish painting a clear message to Australia’s leaders - Go Solar! We occupied this plant, Swanbank B in Queensland because it is old, dirty and inefficient and could easily be replaced by renewable energy.

11 July 2008, 11.30am: An activist looks out to Swanbank's other polluting smokestack.

11 July 2008, around 11am: An activist arrives at the top.

11 July 2008, early morning: Activists unfurl a banner reading "Energy [R]evolution" on the roof of the 37-year-old Swanbank B coal-fired plant.

Greenpeace activists scale a smokestack of Swanbank B coal plant, near Ipswich, Queensland.