----- forwarded message ----- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 00:05:18 +0200 From: secr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Greenpeace activists climb CN Tower to protest environmental policies ----- forwarded message ----- Subject: [gaia-l] Greenpeace activists climb CN Tower to protest environmental policies Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:37:13 -0300 From: Mark Graffis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Associated Press TORONTO (July 16, 2001 11:40 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Two Greenpeace activists climbed the CN Tower in downtown Toronto - the world's tallest freestanding structure - on Monday to hang a banner protesting environmental policies. The banner, placed 1,140 feet above the ground, below an observation deck, says: "Canada and Bush - Climate Killers." It refers to the U.S. government's opposition to the Kyoto Protocol that sets limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Canada has said it supports the pact, but wants credits for emission reductions opposed by European nations. Steven Guilbeault, 31, of Montreal and Chris Holden, 23, of England began climbing before dawn and needed four hours to reach the observation deck. A few dozen activists, police officers and firefighters watched from the base as the activists made their way up the 1,815-foot, five-inch tower, using safety harnesses and cables. "The view from here is great; you can already see the smog," Guilbeault said while suspended beneath the deck. He said he wants Canadians to know that "droughts in the Prairies, fires in Alberta, high temperatures around the world are all linked to greenhouse-gas emissions and global warming." Guilbeault and Holden could face trespassing and mischief charges when they come back down, police spokesman Rob Knapper said. "Whether or not charges are laid depends on how the owners of the tower want to proceed," he said.
