Greenpeace activists erect a dinosaur made of scrap metal in front of the headquarters of energy supplier Vattenfall

Greenpeace goes prehistoric to protest coal-fired plant in Germany

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BERLIN (AFP) — Activists from environmental group Greenpeace on
Wednesday placed a steel dinosaur in front of the Hamburg offices for
energy giant Vattenfall to protest plans for a new coal-fired power
plant.

Some 30 protesters also displayed a banner saying "We are
stopping dinosaur technology" and dumped three tonnes of coal in front
of the company's offices.

The steel dinosaur weighed one tonne and was five metres high (16 feet), the organisation said.

Sweden-based
Vattenfall plans to build a 1,600-megawatt coal-fired plant in Hamburg
at a cost of two billion euros (three billion dollars).

Emissions from coal-fired plants are believed to be one of the main contributors to global warming.