EXTINCTION REBELLION activists scaled the offices of East Sussex County Council in Lewes today to demand that it stop investing pensions in fossil fuels. 

The protesters unfurled a banner from the county hall reading “ESCC: Which side are you on? Fossil fuels or climate action?” 

Activists from Divest East Sussex, who have spent a decade campaigning on the issue, participated in the protest wielding a large pair of cardboard scissors, urging the council to sever ties.