Thus The New York Times today. “Peruvians are outraged that members of Greenpeace entered the site of a thousand-year-old geoglyph during a summit meeting on climate change to place a sign supporting renewable energy,” explains the newspaper. The site featuring a giant hummingbird is near the Nazca lines. Around a millennium old, it is one of Peru’s greatest cultural treasures. “Time for change!” the sign announced, “the future is renewable.” Underneath, there was the proud signature: “Greenpeace.” About a dozen activists from Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Germany, and Italy entered the forbidden area to make it in yellow cloth lettering. Greenpeace apologized for the stunt, but the apology was not accepted by the irate Peruvian government. According to the ministry concerned with cultural heritage, the damage is irreparable. Ridiculous as it is, the incident casts a deep shadow on all involved. Not including the giant hummingbird, to be sure.