Activists in Germany stormed the Berlin Brandenburg airport on Thursday and stuck to the runway in protest of government inaction on climate change.
The activists were members of the climate activism group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) and claimed the stunt was performed in protest of greenhouse gas emissions caused by air travel.
“The top one percent of the population is responsible for around half of the flight-related greenhouse gas emissions,” Last Generation said in a public statement.
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The protesters also urged the German government to invest in rail travel.
Climate change activists stick to the road during a protest in Cologne, Germany, on November 24, 2022.
(Letzte Generation/Handout via REUTERS)
Members of the climate change activism group Last Generation stick to the runway at an airport in Berlin, Germany.
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An airport spokesman said the group, which included a 70-year-old man, entered the trespass through two separate points on the runway parameter.
Approximately 13 flights were forced to divert their course or change their route.
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Climate change activists vandalizing a painting to raise awareness about climate change.
(Letzte generation)
This year’s climate protesters have focused on paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet and Leonardo da Vinci. Two climate protesters thrown tomato soup in a van gogh paintingtwo others plastered potato on a Monet coin and another threw cake at the Mona Lisa.
The protesters have also dumped on highways to stop traffic in the name of reducing fossil fuel use and poured milk on store floors to fight for environmental justice.
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‘Ultima Generazione, or Last Generation, climate change activists turned to Andy Warhol’s painted BMW in Milan on Friday, coating it in flour.
(Reuters)
On October 23, Last Generation activists pelted a $110 million Monet painting in a Potsdam museum with mashed potatoes.
The group said they threw mashed potatoes on the painting to raise awareness about the dangers of fossil fuels.
Jon Michael Raasch of Fox News contributed to this report.
