Amsterdam, February 6 (RHC)-- In the Netherlands, police arrested around 1,000 Extinction Rebellion climate activists as they blocked the A12 highway in The Hague.  Activists are demanding the Dutch government speed up their pledge to end some $50 billion in annual fossil fuel subsidies.

One organizer of the protest, Yolande Schuur, said: “We still demand an end to fossil fuel subsidies, which has not yet happened.  The plan to phase them out was supposed to be presented to the Second Chamber at the end of last year, but we are still waiting for that, as well.  So, yes, we will return, because the climate crisis is escalating.  It’s only getting worse.  Fossil fuel subsidies amount to approximately 46.5 billion euros per year.  We will return to the A12 main road and sit there until fossil fuel subsidies are lifted.”