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Daniel Keane

Environment minister Zac Goldsmith says Extinction Rebellion protests ‘do work’

Defra Minister Lord Zac Goldsmith (Steve Parsons/PA)

(Picture: PA Archive)

Environment minister Zac Goldsmith has said that protests by Extinction Rebellion “do work”, and that their tactics reflect the “real anxiety” over global warming felt by the general public.

Lord Goldsmith, a former Tory candidate for Mayor of London, said that the planet is “heading towards the cliff” if international governments do not urgently bring down emissions.

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