Climate protesters disrupt Wimbledon Tennis Matches, shut down Welsh coal mine

Editado por Ed Newman
2023-07-07 18:33:47

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Climate protesters disrupted play at the Wimbledon tennis tournament twice on Wednesday, throwing orange confetti on the court

London, July 7 (RHC)-- In the United Kingdom, members of the climate action group Extinction Rebellion have shut down operations at the nation’s largest coal mine in a nonviolent civil disobedience action.  The open-pit mine in South Wales had been operating without a license. 

Elsewhere in the U.K., climate protesters disrupted play at the Wimbledon tennis tournament twice on Wednesday, throwing orange confetti on the court and displaying T-shirts reading “Just Stop Oil.” 

On Thursday, youth climate activists disrupted a speech by U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, accusing him of U-turning on his pledge to fund a transition away from fossil fuels.

In Sweden, Greta Thunberg and other youth climate activists have been charged with “disobeying the police” for peacefully blocking oil tankers at a port in Malmö last month.  If convicted, the protesters face fines and up to six months in prison. 


 



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