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Oil rig anchored in the Cromarty Firth, Invergordon
CLIMATE change activists have erected a 13-foot model of an oil rig in order to block the entrance to a maintenance facility in the Highlands.
Extinction Rebellion (XR) Scotland members began their protest at the facility at the Invergordon Service Base of the Cromarty Firth Port Authority at dawn today.
The group placed the oil rig model, made from scrap materials with a banner saying “decommission me now,” on the road, while four people locked themselves on to prop oil barrels on the route to block traffic.
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