Multiple People Arrested During U.K. Climate Protest On Oil Tanker
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More than 600 people have been arrested over the past two weeks during environmental protests across the United Kingdom.
Six people have been arrested after climate change activists climbed onto an oil tanker in central London to protest investments in fossil fuel, British police said Saturday.
The Extinction Rebellion climate activism group said two Olympic athletes — gold medal-winning canoeist Etienne Stott and Laura Baldwin — were among those protesting Friday. The oil tanker protest was part of mass climate demonstrations Friday that saw hundreds of activists blocking four key bridges across the British capital, causing delays and disruption across central London.
Extinction Rebellion said thousands of people are expected at London’s Hyde Park on Saturday for more protests.
