10,000-strong eco mob shuts down Dutch highway for three days
Thousands of protesters blocked the major traffic artery into the Dutch parliament at The Hague. They are protesting against the government's subsidies for fossil fuels.
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Thousands of protesters blocked the major traffic artery into the Dutch parliament at The Hague. They are protesting against the government's subsidies for fossil fuels.
Thousands of climate change activists blocked a major motorway in The Hague Saturday in a protest against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies, the latest high-profile action by the Extinction Rebellion group.
The protesters - from Extinction Rebellion , Greenpeace and other organisations - broke through a police barrier Saturday morning and sat on a main road in The Hague.
Thousands of climate change activists blocked a major motorway in The Hague Saturday in a protest against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies, the latest high-profile action by the Extinction Rebellion group. Police deployed water cannon against some of the activists, who have threatened a permanent blockade of the motorway, vowing to…
Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) plan to block the Utrechtsebaan (A12) in The Hague again on Saturday. It is the seventh blockade of the A12. At the last blockade in The Hague in March, 700 activists were arrested. The climate action group is demonstrating against fossil fuel subsidies with the blockades on the road between the building of the Tweede Kamer and the Ministry of Economy and Climate. Extinction Rebellion expects about 3,000 people to join the protest. Thousands more are expected at the solidarity demonstration on the viaduct above the A12.