Saturday, June 23, 2012

Climate change activists scale the gates of Buckingham Palace in protest

Associated Press: Four climate change activists scaled gates at Queen Elizabeth II's Buckingham Palace home on Saturday and locked themselves to railings in a protest demanding more urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The group, from the Climate Siren environmentalist movement, wore T-shirts with the slogan "Climate emergency. 10 percent annual emission cuts' and chanted through a loud hailer. London's Metropolitan Police said the four had climbed up a gate at the front of the palace and secured themselves...

URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/climate-change-activists-scale-the-gates-of-buckingham-palace-in-protest/2012/06/23/gJQAlLroxV_story.html

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