Air pollution activists cover landmark London statues with masks

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: AFP

London (AFP) - British environmental activists put face masks on famous statues across London on Monday including the one of Horatio Nelson on Trafalgar Square to draw attention to the problem of air pollution.

Two Greenpeace campaigners scaled the 52-metre (171-foot) high Nelson's Column in the early hours of Monday to put a mask on the famous naval commander.

Masks were put on 17 statues, including Queen Victoria near Buckingham Palace, Eros at Piccadilly Circus and Winston Churchill outside parliament.

London's Metropolitan Police said that eight people had been arrested -- two on Trafalgar Square, four on Parliament Square and two on Hyde Park Corner.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-pollution-activists-cover-london-statues-masks-110751216.html

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Rather steampunky!

[2naSalit]

1. Good! K&R

[appalachiablue]

2. K & R Excellent, Greenpeace! Admiral Nelson already wore a patch for the

eye he lost in Corsica and had an arm amputated from conflict in the Canary Islands. So the face mask for pollution might be ok! Same for Queen Vicky, a robust woman but still. And all the other British monument figures.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson

[forest444]

3. There are a few other world capitals that could use this kind of attention:

Santiago, Chile:



Beijing, China:



Cairo, Egypt:



New Delhi, India:



Mexico City:

[branford]

4. Well, at least Greenpeace didn't permanently damage the statues,

like they did the Nazca Lines in Peru.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/this-greenpeace-stunt-may-have-irreparably-damaged-peru-1669728616

I certainly have no objection to peaceful environment protests, but Greenpeace has engaged in dangerous and narcissistic conduct so often that they long ago lost my support.

[One_Life_To_Give]

5. From the statues perspective, that seems a Century plus too late.

For a city that once was choked with coal soot in it's sky's. Resembling in appearance what Beijing sometimes looks like today. The idea that the hero of Trafalgar would be phased today after living thru the late 19th, early 20th century seems strange.