Venice has imposed a 48-hour ban on Swedish professional protester Greta Thunberg for dumping a green dye into the Italian city’s Grand Canal. [emphasis, links added]
Thunberg and reportedly 35 members of the climate alarmist group Extinction Rebellion staged a series of weekend stunts at the fabled city that coincided with the end of the COP30 climate doomer conference in Belém, Brazil.
The protesters dumped an “environmentally harmless” green dye into the waters of the canal, displaying banners reading “Stop Ecocide” from the Rialto Bridge.
Other protesters walked through the streets of the city wearing red veils over their faces [pictured below].
The goal, the protesters claimed, was to “draw attention to the massive effects of climate collapse.”
Thunberg and all other protesters were imposed a fine of roughly $172 in addition to the 48-hour city ban.
Before Venice, the group said it held similar protests across other Italian cities such as Turin, Bologna, and Taranto, vandalizing the cities’ respective rivers by dumping the same green dye on the waters.
Veneto Governor Luca Zaia described the stunt as “a disrespectful act towards our city, its history and its fragility.”
“It’s a gesture that risks having consequences for the environment,” he stressed.
Thunberg and the Extinction Rebellion protesters also used the protests to criticize Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for opposing “ambitious climate measures” at COP30.
COP30 wrapped up last Friday in Belém.
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