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Just Stop Oil activists take part in slow walk protest in Vauxhall, central London, June 15, 2023
CLIMATE activists continued their slow-march action in central London today to highlight global temperatures reaching a new record average this week.
On Monday, the world’s average temperature reached a record breaking 17° Celsius only to be broken the next day at 17.2°.
About 26 Just Stop Oil supporters in three groups marched in Vauxhall and Pimlico today as part of the group’s daily action to demand the government ends all new licences for oil, gas and coal projects in Britain.
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