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December 11, 2018

COP24: Activists Take Over Trump Administration's Pro-Fossil Fuels Event
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Here at COP24 in Katowice, Poland, indigenous and youth leaders
disrupted an event Monday hosted by Trump administration officials
promoting fossil fuels and nuclear interests.

Protesters: "Keep it in the ground! Keep it in the ground!"

Vic Barrett: "My name is Vic Barrett. I am here with the Sustain US
delegation but also a plaintiff on the Our Children's Trust lawsuit. And
what just happened was the Trump administration and the fossil fuel
industry tried to co-opt the space that exists here at COP in order to
push their own agenda forward. And so, young people and people that have
been in the community here have decided that we needed to interrupt it
and call attention to real solutions."

Protesters: "Shame on you! Shame on you! Shame on you!"



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