London authorities remove climate change activists sitting atop a train and another glued to the window. More than 300 demonstrators trying to pressure politicians to take more action to protect the environment were arrested earlier this week.
And the protests could continue for the foreseeable future, according to Extinction Rebellion activist Roger Hallam, who said they were protesting to "inform the British people that they will die if we do not stop the government from putting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere."
Members of the 'Red Brigade' march in disobedience on the street from Oxford Circus to Piccadilly Circus in London, April 17, 2019. "We are in ongoing rebellion against the government," he told ABC News. "It will end when we get the demands met. This particular mobilization will continue for one to two weeks depending on whether many people join in mass civil disobedience."
Climate change activists gather at Oxford Circus during the Extinction Rebellion protest in London, April 17, 2019.Tuesday while he shared the protesters' "passion" for the need to tackle climate change, he was "extremely concerned" by the disruption to London's public transport. "It's one of the biggest challenges we face -- and Governments around the world are failing to take the action we need," he said in a statement. "However … targeting public transport in this way would only damage the cause of all of us who want to tackle climate change, as well as risking Londoners' safety, and I'd implore anyone considering doing so to think again.
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