The vandalism, which risked permanent damage to the beloved UNESCO World Heritage site, was the environmental activist group’s latest stunt protesting climate change, specifically Italy’s opposition to including restrictions on fossil fuels in a deal struck at the COP30 summit in Brazil on Friday. After pouring the dye in Venice, the group hung banners reading “Stop Ecocide” from its famous Rialto Bridge spanning the canal and meandered their way flash-mob-style through tourist crowds decked out in red cloaks and veils and being generally creepy. Italian officials, who slapped Thunberg and her crew of 35 with a 48-hour ban from the City of Canals and a meager $172 fine for their senseless antics, upbraided them for the “disrespectful act towards our city, its history and its fragility.”
Author: Chris Nesi
Published at: 2025-11-24 22:34:10
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