Green Daily

Back in November, Greenpeace España released a really well done photo book called Photoclima, illustrating what may become of Spain's resort communities and seaside parks in 2100 -- if the UN's sea level predictions are correct. The book features aerial photos of the locations today, alongside photoshopped versions of what they would look like with a .9 meter rise in sea level. Well, it turns out that some of those images featured the resort town of La Manga del Mar Menor -- and real estate developers in the area aren't too happy about it.

This group of huffy realtors claims that their property values dropped 50% in the 6 months following the release of the Photoclima. They've decided to file a lawsuit against Greenpeace, seeking damages of about $45M. Even though the images were intended to make an artistic statement, not so much a scientific one, developer say that the pics have destroyed their real estate market. More likely, these developers are just scapegoating Greenpeace for their own bad investment choices. If they won their case, it would be a pretty huge blow against freedom of expression.