"Greta Thunberg and three dozen members of the environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion turned Venice's Grand Canal lime green on Monday to decry the scant progress governments around the world have made toward phasing out fossil fuels. Extinction Rebellion's waterborne demonstration, which made the City of Water resemble St. Patrick's Day in Chicago, was one of several protests at lakes, fountains, and waterways in 10 cities throughout Italy following the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil."
"In addition to releasing non-toxic fluorescein dye into Venice's canals, Thunberg and her team hung a banner that read "Stop Ecocide" from the Rialto Bridge. They also wore red clothing with veils over their face and carried instruments in a mock funeral dirge that mourned the failure of COP30 members to agree to imposing limits on fossil fuel consumption."
Activists from Extinction Rebellion, including Greta Thunberg, released non-toxic fluorescein dye into Venice's Grand Canal and staged a waterborne protest to condemn limited government progress on phasing out fossil fuels. Demonstrators hung a banner reading "Stop Ecocide," dressed in red with veils, and performed a mock funeral dirge to mourn COP30's failure to agree on fossil fuel limits. Protests occurred at lakes and waterways in 10 Italian cities after COP30, which the United States largely skipped and which produced a deal criticized for not cutting emissions fast enough. Local officials issued bans and fines to some protesters. Venice remains vulnerable to warming and has seen more frequent flooding.
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