Activists from the climate protest group Extinction Rebellion carry out a performance with 26 shoes, representing the people who die from air pollution in London each day, outside the (TFL) Transport For London offices in Stratford in south east London, as they highlight extra deaths caused by air pollution from traffic and to oppose the planned Silvertown Tunnel under the River Thames. - Climate protest group Extinction Rebellion will target Britain's parliament as part of "mass rebellions" planned to start on September 1. The protests began this weekend with "regional rebellions" for those worried about attending the main events due to coronavirus.
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The climate protest group said that building the underwater tunnel will cause traffic in some of the most 'polluted and deprived areas', and branded the project 'racist, colonial and unjust'.
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Activists banged drums as several 'diners' in the sea, many of whom wore masks, pretended to enjoy a meal under a banner which read: 'Stop global warming or we're sunk'.
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The stunt was designed to illustrate the 'obliviousness' of the 'elite' in the face of rising sea levels as the planet warms up.
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The group is going ahead with a series of events from 1 to 10 September despite being warned by police they face arrest if they breach strict conditions placed on the demonstrations.Above, activists from the Climate protest group Extinction Rebellion receive a police escort as they travel on a DLR train to the (TFL) Transport For London offices in Stratford in south east London.
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Mothers and children hold a small climate action group Extinction Rebellion protest outside the Bank of England in London. Police made more than 1,700 arrests during last year’s Extinction Rebellion protests after activists managed to blockade bridges and major roads in central London over several days.
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Extinction Rebellion protesters have already staged several demonstrations across England over the weekend, including at a number of airports against proposed expansion plans
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Young protesters from Extinction Rebellion march with home-made model turtles through the streets of Tower Hamlets to highlight unsafe pollution levels, in east London.
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Eco-warriors rallied outside the TfL headquarters in Stratford, East London, in a show of anger at the forthcoming twin-bore road, which will pass under the Thames from Silvertown to Greenwich.Above, activists from the Climate protest group Extinction Rebellion perform in General Gordon Square in Woolwich in South East London.
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This outdated project has no place in a time of climate emergency and the dangers of traffic pollution in the air.' Outside Transport for London's headquarters, campaigners laid 26 pairs of shoes, 'one for each person who dies prematurely every day from air pollution in London.'
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