“We are not dinosaurs, we have a choice”, they point out in protest at “the destruction of livelihoods”
Environmental group activists Last generation have glued their hands to the pedestal of a Dinosaur skeleton of the Natural History Museum of the Austrian capital (NHM), vienna, as a sign of protest “destruction of livelihoods”.
Shortly after sticking their hands to the pedestal, police officers have arrived at the scene with solvent to separate the activists from the base and expel them from the museum. The authorities will report later on hypothetical complaints of public disorder and possible damage to property.
The main demand of the activists is the top speed reduction on highways at a hundred kilometers per hour as an “immediate measure” to reduce CO2 emissions and thus try to stop the population’s progress towards a “weather hell”. “We are not dinosaurs, we have a choice,” they have said.
From the Museum DirectorKatrin Vohland has acknowledged understanding “the desperation of young people” in the face of seemingly unstoppable climate change and the political measures of national and international authorities, but has disputed their methods of protest.
For Vohland, “a lot of discourse” is necessary to make the situation understood, with which he lamented that this type of ‘performance’ does nothing more than “distract from the real subject”, according to the Austrian public broadcaster.
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