Banner Action at Connecticut Coal Plant

Greenpeace activists hang a 40ft. x 20ft. banner at the Bridgeport Harbor Generating Station that reads "Shut it Down - Quit Coal." The Bridgeport Harbor Generating Station emits more than a million tons of carbon dioxide per year, and is an aging, inefficient plant that endangers the health of Bridgeport residents. The Park City Ferry passes in front of the action.

Unique identifier: GP02AQK

Type: Image

Shoot date: 17/02/2011

Locations: Bridgeport, Connecticut, North America, United States of America

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Robert Meyers

Size: 6144px × 4096px 11MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Banner Action at Connecticut Coal Plant

Greenpeace activists hang a 40ft. x 20ft. banner at the Bridgeport Harbor Generating Station that reads "Shut it Down - Quit Coal." The Bridgeport Harbor Generating Station emits more than a million tons of carbon dioxide per year, and is an ageing, inefficient plant that endangers the health of Bridgeport residents, including the children attending the six schools located within a one mile radius. The activists are sending a message that dirty coal plants are responsible for thousands of deaths in America every year and are destroying our planet. Nationwide, smokestack pollution from coal-fired power plants kills more than 13,000 people per year according to the Clean Air Task Force - a rate of one person every forty minutes. The protest comes as the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise undertakes the East Coast leg of the Coal Free Future Tour.

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