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August 30, 2021

Extinction Rebellion Actions in London Demand Fossil Fuel Divestment
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In Britain, climate activists with Extinction Rebellion have been
staging a series of daily actions to draw attention to the climate
catastrophe. On Friday, demonstrators poured red paint symbolizing
"blood money" on banks in London's financial district to call out their
ties to the fossil fuel industry. On Sunday, activists rallied outside
London's Science Museum to protest Shell's funding of the museum's
exhibition about greenhouse gases. Elsewhere in London, Christian
climate activists, including several clergy members, staged a protest
inside St. Paul's Cathedral to demand the Church of England stop
investing in fossil fuels.


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