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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Robin McKie

Six arrested after climate activists scale oil tanker in central London

Protesters are removed from an oil tanker
Police officers attempt to remove Extinction Rebellion protesters who had clambered on to an oil tanker in central London on Saturday. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

Six people were arrested after climate-change activists clambered on top of an oil tanker in central London on Saturday.

Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion said three people in Bayswater Road had climbed on top of the Shell tanker where they held up an “End fossil filth” banner while other demonstrators gathered around the vehicle. Among those taking part in the protest were Olympic gold medal-winning canoeist Etienne Stott and fellow British Olympian Laura Baldwin. “I am acting to try to disrupt the toxic fossil fuel industry that is destroying everything we hold dear,” Stott told reporters.

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