Greenpeace protesters sat in the middle of a road in Whitehall yesterday morning with mock barrels and a statue of prime minister Boris Johnson splattered in oil.
Metropolitan Police offiers arrived at the scene earlier but warned it could take some time to disperse the activists due to the “complex” locking systems they used to bind themselves together. It is unclear if any arrests have been made.
The protesters are calling on Mr Johnson to intervene to stop the Cambo oil field near Shetland, Scotland.
A decision on the new North Sea oil field, which would produce 170 million barrels of oil and run until 2050, is expected in the coming weeks ahead of the crucial Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 12, 2021 من The Independent.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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