Greenpeace Activists Climb Coal Excavator to Protest Against Czech Mine Extension
June 23, 2023
June 23, 2023
BILINA, Czechia, June 23 -- Greenpeace International issued the following news release:
Greenpeace activists from across Europe occupied equipment at a Czech coal mine today to peacefully protest against plans to extend the life of the mine until at least 2035.
Early this morning, seven activists from Czechia, Poland and Germany scaled the almost 60-metre high excavator - the biggest in Czechia - at the mine in Bilina, with banners reading 'End Fossil Crimes' . . .
Greenpeace activists from across Europe occupied equipment at a Czech coal mine today to peacefully protest against plans to extend the life of the mine until at least 2035.
Early this morning, seven activists from Czechia, Poland and Germany scaled the almost 60-metre high excavator - the biggest in Czechia - at the mine in Bilina, with banners reading 'End Fossil Crimes' . . .