Greenpeace activists hijack four Italian power stations, G8

Eco-terrorism.

People need to die or be injured for this type of thing to be remotely considered terrorism. Fox news calls it terrorism because it is activism against their sponsors and constituents.

Haha these guys got balls.

Terrorism: "Terrorism is the intentional use or threat to use violence against civilians and non-combatants "in order to achieve political goals"[1]. This tactic of political violence is intended to intimidate or cause terror[2] for the purpose of "exerting pressure on decision making by state bodies."[1] The term "terror" is largely used to indicate clandestine, low-intensity violence that targets civilians and generates public fear. Thus "terror" is distinct from asymmetric warfare, and violates the concept of a common law of war in which civilian life is regarded."

Nowhere in this article do i see any terrorist activities. Hijacking is more apt but still not accurate.

Were the civil rights sit's ins in the 50's considered "terrorism" or "hijackings"? this is a "ballsy" protest.

green peace, gettin shit done.

Hay nooow, I like it A LOT! Some tree-huggers who can actually demand respect and attention!

Go Greenpeace!

Well, all anything really needs to qualify for terrorism is spreading fear into people's hearts that will make them change their ways, but this is certainly not terrorism. Nothing was even blown up, defiled or damaged. Also didn't see anyone making scary faces in hopes the leaders would be snapped into thinking differently. A very decent, albeit rather strange, protest.

what does it mean hijack? did they actually disable the towers? Sorry, I have absolutely no knowledge of this type of stuff.

if it did disable the tower then i am very much 50/50 with this one. otherwise, very cool.

the word "peace" should be removed from their name, as hijacking is a criminal activity and has nothing to do w/ peace. This is criminal activism. Peaceful protest would not require such extreme actions, and this is more likely an attempt to get press coverage. I do not think the press will be on the side of greenpeace, since they rarely take the side of criminals.

I'm not a tree hugger but you have to respect their passion. They hijacked a power plant without violence!!!!

'Hijack?' Fighting for the sustainability of this planet is now 'hijkacking?' WHAT UTTER BS. You go GREENPEACE. Get in those G8 faces.

I can't believe they're calling this ecoterrorism. I can't help but picture all the coal bigwigs jumping up and down in a fit of utter indignance because they won't make their vacation home payment for that day. Meanwhile, the brave souls who 'hijacked' the plants are risking life and limb to stand up for our environment.

The real 'ecoterrorism' comes from the smokestacks in those plants.

good move! did they turn off the plant eventually? I think that giving Africa 100 billion a year is a trap into another depression. they won't be able to pay up, and then the western powerful elite will take their land. either way Africa should be carbon neutral by returning to tribalism

Terrorists? I think NOT. It is people like this that just might save our world!

So greenpeace does something this "radical", but Paul Watson is over the line with his antics? Hipocrisy at best.

thats fucking hard core!!

time ran out long ago to stop global warming, it's already happening. these terriorist efforts will be considered heroic, to those in the future who survive.

get off your ass and, plant a tree, drive less, use alternitive energy, look up new alternitive energy products and promote them, become an example of responsibility and lead.

green peace started humbly in the mid 60s in santa barbara. there was a major oil leak from platform holly, the oil covered the ocean and beaches to more then a foot thick. g.o.o. (got oil out} started here and eventually became green peace. i was 13 and i helped g.o.o. clean the beach in summerland. the thick tar was filled with; fish,dolphin and seal. there was a huge whale shark weighing many tons, it had to be blown up. platform holly is still there. it is believed locally that santa barbara has the highest gas prices in the country because green peace started here.

the point is you are responsible for the world our children inherit. plant a tree or climb a power plant.

So, they stopped a power plant for a day by walking onto the conveyor belt. Well, in thier quest to stop global warming lets see what they have done today:

Pros:
They stopped all greenhouse emissions from that one factory for a day.
They made people think about greenhouse gases and some people may change thier ways slightly
They scaled a smoke stack for no apparent reason.
They looked badass.

Cons:
They managed to piss off a lot of people, people that lobby and vote on bills that involve greenhouse gases
They managed to make those people take them less serious when they get into politics.
They put a dent the size of a pin head in a carbon footprint the size of a battleship.
The power plant will not stop because of this.

So really did this one day of being obnoxious help at all? I dunno, I don't think so, I do think that if you took all the money used to organize this and put it into lobbying and getting bills passed, it would have been a much bigger bang for their buck.

This story had better be updated in the next 2 hours to read: Six Greenpeace Activists Shot Dead for Terrorism.

We need more people like this. The technology that is harming the planet is controlled by the companies and governments in a position to earn big money from harming the Earth. They wheel the power over the citizens to keep them in control of believing that they are slowly making progress to become greener but the truth of the matter is we have the technology, today, in the world to go completely green. If the focus was taken away from coal and other nature-harming technologies and focus was completely on green-solutions we would all have more.

Green peace just need to chill out peace is in there name and look at the stuff they are doing aint to peacefull

I love it.. way to go Greenpeace . wish i could have been there to show my support ..