Blockade of Tauern-Highway in Austria

Greenpeace activists block one of the main transit highways in both direction at the Tauern-Tunnel in Salzburg. They protest against the rapid increase of CO2-emissions caused by the growing truck transit through Austria. They demand a nationwide gneral increas of tolls to significantly reduce the amount of trucks transiting Austria.

In original language:

Tauerntunnelaktion

Unique identifier: GP026KN

Type: Image

Shoot date: 02/10/1996

Locations: Alpine Countries, Austria, Central Europe, Tauerntunnel

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Unknown

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Blockade of Tauern-Highway in Austria

Greenpeace activists block one of the main transit highways in both direction at the Tauern-Tunnel in Salzburg. They protest against the rapid increase of CO2-emissions caused by the growing truck transit through Austria. They demand a nationwide gneral increas of tolls to significantly reduce the amount of trucks transiting Austria. The banner reads: „Stop EU-Transit. Mauten erhöhen! Kontrollen verschärfen!“ translated into english: „Stop EU-transit. Increase tolls! Intensify controls!“.

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