From Watts Up With That?

Essay by Eric Worrall

OK maybe they have more than 30 members. But it was a cold morning, so looks like most of them stayed home.

Extinction Rebellion protest criticises inaction over 1.5C climate change protest

Story by Rosie Shead

Extinction Rebellion protesters have targeted several sites in central London in a dramatic warning about global warming targets being missed.

Members of the campaign group gathered outside 55 Tufton Street in Westminster on Saturday morning holding signs reading “1.5 is dead” and “tell the truth”, calling for urgent action to limit the risk of rising temperatures

The office includes the headquarters of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a think tank that aims to combat what it sees as harmful climate policies

Demonstrators hung a pink sign on the door of the Tufton Street building that read “a better world is possible”, and threw black confetti

…Read more (includes video): https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/extinction-rebellion-protest-criticises-inaction-over-1-5c-climate-change-target/ar-AA1SJ7gI

I’m sure the Global Warming Policy Foundation are quaking in their boots to have so many climate radicals show up at their door.

On a serious note, this is a far cry from the mass climate protests of old. But I guess years of skyrocketing green energy prices, and more interesting crisis such as the Ukraine war, have all taken their toll on the green faith.

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Correction (EW): The protestors hung a “Pink sign”, not a “Ping sign”.