Occupy COP17 and Keep Oil in the Soil and the Coal in the Hole. The poster at Speaker's Corner in Durban says it all. Credit: Wanda Hennig
- Occupy COP17 and Keep Oil in the Soil and the Coal in the Hole. The poster at Speaker's Corner in Durban says it all.
- Sierra Club director Jim Dougherty before donning his widow's weeds to bury coal in Durban.
- Sierra Club director Jim Dougherty wigged out and ready to don his hat.
- Sierra Club director Jim Dougherty - transformation almost complete.
- Glen Besa, from Richmond, Virginia and the Sierra Club’s Virginia chapter director, carried a windmill in the funeral procession.
- A group of activists in conversation at Speaker's Corner across the road from where COP17 negotiations are happening in Durban.
- Transformation complete, Sierra Club director Jim Dougherty takes up his place beside the casket as the widow of the deceased, coal.
- The casket and the funeral procession ready to set off. Sun and wind power are given the green light.
- Activists gather to protest COP17 inactivity and various other anti-environment issues at Speaker's Corner in Durban.
- A call for action.
- And another call for action.
- More Sierra Club preparation. Director Jim Dougherty pays his respects, right. Virginia chapter director Glen Besa, left, finalizes preparations.
- Coal given a send-off by Sierra Club activists at Speaker's Corner in Durban.
- Sierra Club director Jim Dougherty is interviewed.
- Another funeral for coal group shot.
- A Speaker's Corner activist uses a loud hailer to call for action.
- Sierra Club's Jim Dougherty answers questions.
- A World Bank protest banner.
- Another Speaker's Corner activist uses a loud hailer to call for action.
- Funeral for coal grouping — spotlighting a prime global warming culprit.
- A call for action.
- The funeral procession.
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