Greenpeace goes prehistoric to protest coal-fired plant in Germany

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Greenpeace activists erect a dinosaur made of scrap metal on March 19, 2008 in front of the headquarters of energy supplier Vattenfall in Hamburg, northern Germany. The activists protested against the construction of a new coal-fired power plant and called to stop "dinosaur techniques". Photo courtesy AFP.

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Berlin (AFP) March 19, 2008
Activists from environmental group Greenpeace on Wednesday placed a steel dinosaur in front of the Hamburg offices for energy giant Vattenfall to protest plans for a new coal-fired power plant.

Some 30 protesters also displayed a banner saying "We are stopping dinosaur technology" and dumped three tonnes of coal in front of the company's offices.

The steel dinosaur weighed one tonne and was five metres high (16 feet), the organisation said.

Sweden-based Vattenfall plans to build a 1,600-megawatt coal-fired plant in Hamburg at a cost of two billion euros (three billion dollars).

Emissions from coal-fired plants are believed to be one of the main contributors to global warming.

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