Netherlands police use water cannon, detain 2,400 climate activists
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Police deployed water cannon to disperse thousands of climate activists protesting on a highway in the Netherlands on Saturday to demand an end to government subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.

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  • 18107@aussie.zone
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    10 months ago

    Protests are either inconvenient or ineffective.

    I hope these protests work. Fossil fuel companies don't need more subsidies.

  • joaojeronimo@feddit.nl
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    10 months ago

    That's a double blow to the activists tomorrow they'll be protesting the use of fossil fuels AND the waste of fresh water in cannons

  • PersonalDevKit@aussie.zone
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    10 months ago

    I'm not sure if that is the right photo somehow, or these people are not so worried about the water cannon. The people in the front are wearing swimwear, and the people in the back seem to be cheering for it to go to them.

    Generally water cannons hit so hard they knock people off their feet, or wake people atleast run away.

    • tweeks@feddit.nl
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      10 months ago

      I was also curious and found that this is probably a different warning nozzle, one that creates mist especially just to wetten groups of people. It seems different nozzles can be used, stronger nozzles are used when people do not leave.

      Source (in Dutch)