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Activists block 10 oil refineries in protest against government's expansion of fossil fuel projects
Police arrest dozens of Extinction Rebellion and the Stop Oil Coalition protesters
XR activists block a road
DOZENS of climate activists were arrested today after blocking 10 major oil refineries in protest against the government’s continued expansion of fossil fuel projects.
More than 100 Extinction Rebellion and the Stop Oil Coalition protesters launched co-ordinated actions in the early hours of this morning, blocking off roads to oil depots around London, Southampton, Birmingham and Warwick.
ExxonMobil UK, one of the country’s largest privately owned underground oil pipeline distribution networks, said that it had shut down three of its sites.
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