ECO-ACTIVISTS PROTEST COALFIRED POWER PLANTS

Environmental activists protested at a German coalfired power plant on Friday—the same day that Italy became the latest country to announce a deadline for ending its use of the heavily polluting fossil fuel. Protesters projected images of Pacific islanders threatened by climate change onto the cooling tower of the lignite-fuelled power station in Neurath, in western Germany, along with the words “coal destroys our future.” The visual display, organized by Pacific island nations representatives Greenpeace, took place as diplomats from around the world are meeting in nearby Bonn to discuss implementing the 2015 Paris climate accord. The German government claims to be a leader in the fight against climate change but has refused to set a date for phasing out the use of coal. /