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Published 11/06/2009 by Space Daily


Statue protest at UN climate talks

Search All Our Sites - Powered By Bing SPACE WIRE BARCELONA, Spain, Nov 6 (AFP) Nov 06, 2009

Greenpeace activists Friday draped a statue of Christopher Columbus with banners protesting at the lack of action from the United States on climate change.

The protest in Barcelona, came as a five-day session of UN talks on global warming...

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...is responsible? "Columbus is pointing towards America because that's where you will find the biggest culprit in the climate catastrophe that we face: the United States Juan Lopez de Uralde, head of Greenpeace in Spain, said in a statement."
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