Update: Just found more footage and photos on der Spiegel.
Update 2: Just got good news, some severe bruising and one activist will have to stay in the hospital a bit longer – but no serious injuries. The boats and 19 people remain in police custody.
Climate change is a global emergency. Yet, despite the mountains of scientific evidence, that message apparently isn’t getting through to our world leaders. Today, Blair seemed to cave to Bush on the idea of the G8 agreeing to specific carbon dioxide reduction targets. Without specific goals it’s all talk, mutual backslapping and more procrastination – just what the Bush administration wants.
So this morning, 24 Greenpeace activists, using 11 speedboats took the message “G8: Act Now!” to the waters around the Heilingendamm summit. They entered the outer restricted area at 11am, informing the police as they did so. They came in from both east and west sides, entering into the inner restricted zone 10 minutes later.