Top Ten Bizarre Environmental Protests

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By Andrew Moseman
Jul 24, 2008 1:40 AMNov 5, 2019 8:45 AM

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Need to orchestrate a media stunt to gather attention for your cause? Here's what others have tried: 1. Glue yourself to the prime minister. On the positive side, it's sure to get plenty of presscoverage, like 24-year-old Dan Glass garnered today after slathering his left hand in adhesive and trying to glue himself to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. (Glass was protesting a potential expansion of Heathrow Airport.) On the negative side, even Super Glue takes a moment to dry, and Brown was able to wrest himself free of Glass's gooey grip. Glass later tried to glue himself to the gates of 10 Downing Street, and that didn't work, either.

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