Climate activists continue to target artworks

CAIRO – 14 November 2022: Climate activists in Vancouver, Canada, said they threw maple syrup at a painting created by one of Canada's most famous artists at the Vancouver Art Gallery, to draw attention to the global climate emergency.

Emily Kelsall, who identified herself as one of the people who covered Emily Carr's 1934 Stumps and Sky painting with their drinks, said she was with a group called Stop Fracking Around. The group is demanding the termination of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, currently under construction from Dawson Creek to Kitimat on the north coast of B.C in Canada, according to CBC News.

The group told the media that it, along with other protesters around the world, is targeting artwork because little is being done to stop the progress of human-caused climate change.

"I think any amount of publicity we can get as an organization is worth it because the climate crisis is the most urgent crisis of our time and instead of acting responsibly, the government is building infrastructure for fossil fuels. It does the exact opposite of what science and ethics say," Kelsall told CBC News.