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XR co-founder Gail Bradbrook knees atop the entrance to the Department for Transport after hammering holes into the window behind her
EXTINCTION REBELLION (XR) protesters blocked the roads outside the Department for Transport (DfT) in London today, defying a city-wide ban on the group.
Activists locked their arms into tubes across the length of the road to call on the government to end funding for “destructive” projects such as the proposed high-speed rail route HS2 and airport expansion.
Police officers used electric chain cutters to remove the pipe before carrying the two protesters away for arrest.
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
