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XR unveil plans to ‘paralyse’ oil refineries in Britain
Extinction Rebellion Red Rebels during the official final day of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow in November 2021

EXTINCTION REBELLION unveiled today its plan to “paralyse” movement of oil supplies in Britain.

The group aims to mobilise hundreds of thousands of protesters in an unprecedented blockade of oil refineries which it hopes will “stop the harm at the source.”

The ambitious plan will be put into effect on April 9 with the intention of causing “maximum nonviolent disruption” of fossil fuel industries.

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