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Shots fired at coal plant protest

By Andrew, web producer, in Amsterdam

This happened last Saturday, but I just saw the video. As you can see, the Greenpeace activists got their giant banner deployed without getting hurt or killed. Great shot in there of one protester passively resisting. That takes serious guts when the guy grabbing you has a machine gun.

This protest was in Indonesia, where 10,000 megawatts of coal power (approximately 10 coal power stations) is planned to be built in the next decade. But despite the risk, activists there are pushing hard for better technology like renewables and more energy efficiency.

There's also a slideshow with the full story on the Greenpeace South East Asia website.

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this is a very cool video. I am indonesian and i am ashamed about the coal plans of my country but I'm very proud of our Greenpeace warriors! It would be a lot better had the giant banner is in the Indonesian language too. That way people could really get the message.



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