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"Greta Thunberg was arrested after joining hundreds of protesters who gathered
at a five-star hotel in London on Tuesday morning to denounce a meeting branded
“the Oscars of oil”.
Footage showed the Swedish climate activist being bundled into the back of a
van by police after taking part in protests blocking the entrances of the
InterContinental on Park Lane, the venue for the Energy Intelligence Forum
(EIF), which brings together fossil fuel executives and government ministers.
Critics have called the event the “oily money conference”, in a nod to its
previous name, the Oil & Money conference.
Addressing journalists before joining the protest, Thunberg said: “Behind these
closed doors at the oil and money conference, spineless politicians are making
deals and compromises with lobbyists from destructive industries, the fossil
fuel industry.
“People all over the world are suffering and dying from the consequences of the
climate crisis caused by these industries who we allow to meet with our
politicians and have privileged access to.
“The elites of the oil and money conference, they have no intention of
transition. Their plan is to continue this destructive search for profits. That
is why we have to take direct action to stop this and to kick oil money out of
politics. We have no other option but to put our bodies outside this conference
and to physically disrupt [it].”
Dozens of protesters blocked Hamilton Place at each end with banners and pink
umbrellas with eyes painted on them, shouting “oily money out” and “cancel the
conference”, while others lit yellow and pink smoke flares."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
