Activists from the environmental group Futuro Vegetal posted a video exhibiting them standing in entrance of the superyacht named Kaos, holding a banner that claims: “You Consume Others Suffer.” The activists then sprayed the vessel with purple and black paint.
“The richest 1 per cent of the world population pollutes more than the poorest 50 per cent,” the activists mentioned within the video.
“They are condemning us to a future of pain, misery and desolation.
“They are destroying our planet, compromising the habitability of the land and every part, to guide a way of life that goes past the bounds of cause.”
According to multiple shipping industry news sites the yacht belongs to Nancy Walton Laurie, the billionaire heiress of Walmart.
CNN has reached to Laurie for a comment but has not yet heard back.
The two protesters were detained by the Spanish Civil Guard on Sunday morning and were released on Monday, according to Futuro Vegetal.
It follows a similar act on Friday, when the group spray-painted a private jet at the Ibiza airport, leading to the runway to be shut down for several hours, Futuro Vegetal said.
“The motion places the crowning glory to the ‘Jets and Yachts, the social gathering is over’ marketing campaign, convened by Extinction Rebellion Ibiza who demand the prohibition of personal jets and the top of luxurious emissions,” Futuro Vegetal said.
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The climate group Extinction Rebellion (XR) has also pledged to target the 1 per cent, saying they want to make it clear that “the wealthy and their leisure actions that waste important assets are a luxurious that we can not afford.”
Source: www.9news.com.au
