Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the gate of the Kusile coal-fired power plant in South Africa yesterday.
(Shayne Robinson/Greenpeace/REUTERS)
9 arrested at S. Africa coal-power protest
Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the gate of the Kusile coal-fired power plant in South Africa yesterday.
(Shayne Robinson/Greenpeace/REUTERS)
Authorities arrested nine people at a South African coal-fired power station Monday after Greenpeace activists chained themselves to a gate and some climbed a crane to protest dependence on coal just weeks before the country hosts a global conference on climate change. The protest began at dawn at the Kusile power station, and police went up after demonstrators had climbed the crane.
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