Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Activists-Block-Entrance-to-RWE-Coal-Plant-in-Eemshaven-27MZIFJJL3HG0.htmlConceptually similarActivists Block Entrance to RWE Coal Plant in EemshavenGP0STQBSDCompleted★★★★★★Activists Block Entrance to RWE Coal Plant in EemshavenGP0STQBSFCompleted★★★★Activists Block Entrance to RWE Coal Plant in EemshavenGP0STQBSHCompleted★★★★Activists Block Entrance to RWE Coal Plant in EemshavenGP0STQ67TCompleted★★★★Action at RWE Coal Plant in EemshavenGP0STQ8A8Completed★★★★★★Activists Block Entrance to RWE Coal Plant in EemshavenGP0STQ67PCompleted★★★★Activists Block Entrance to RWE Coal Plant in EemshavenGP0STQ411Completed★★★★Activists Block Entrance to RWE Coal Plant in EemshavenGP0STQ413Completed★★★★Activists Block Entrance to RWE Coal Plant in EemshavenGP0STQ45GCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP0STQBSGActivists Block Entrance to RWE Coal Plant in EemshavenGreenpeace activists, including the executive director of Greenpeace Netherlands Joris Thijssen block the coal ship ‘Paquis’ which plans to unload coal from Russia for the largest coal-fired power plant in the Netherlands. The blockade is accomplished by stretching a rope above the water between two wind turbines on either side of the harbour and attaching three Greenpeace activists to the middle of the rope. The activists are hanging ten metres above the water.In original language:Greenpeace Actievoerders Blokkeren RWE Kolencentrale in de EemshavenGreenpeace actievoerders waaronder de nieuwe directeur Joris Thijssen blokkeren de toegang tot de kolencentrale aan de Eemshaven. Hierdoor kan het schip "Paquis" geladen met kolen uit Rusland niet aanmeren.Selphies van Greenpeace Nederland directeur Joris Thijssen gemaakt tijdens de actieLocations:Eemshaven-Netherlands-Western EuropeDate:7 Sep, 2016Credit:© GreenpeaceMaximum size:2448px X 3264pxKeywords:Access blockade actions-Actions and protests-Climate (campaign title)-Climbing actions-Climbing equipment-Day-Essent-Greenpeace executive directors-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Renewable energy-Wind turbinesShoot:Activists Block Entrance to RWE Coal Plant in EemshavenGreenpeace activists block the coal ship ‘Paquis’ from entering the Eemshaven. The ship arrives to unload coal from Russia for the largest coal-fired power plant in the Netherlands. Joris Thijssen, director of Greenpeace Netherlands is one of the climbers hanging from the rope. The photos he made show an unusual perpective of the action.The rope is streched above the water between two wind turbines on either side of the harbour. Greenpeace calls on Dutch politicians to close all coal-fired power plants in the Netherlands without delay and fully embrace wind energy.Related Collections:Activists Block Entrance to RWE Coal Plant in Eemshaven (All Photographers & Videos)