So, the activists demanded that the British government stop the production of oil, gas and coal until 2030.
Two Just Stop Oil climate activists sprayed the famous British historical landmark Stonehenge with an orange substance. So, they called on the country’s government to abandon fossil fuels by 2030, The National wrote.
The video shows two people wearing white T-shirts with the words “Just Stop Oil” running up to the Stonehenge monolith with cans and spray paint. Environmental activists managed to cover some rocks with the substance.
Just Stop Oil said the protesters were Oxford student Niamh Lynch, 21, and Rajan Naidoo, 73, from Birmingham. They spray powder paint on Stonehenge, which will wash off in the rain.
So, activists demanded that the next UK government agree with other countries on a plan to stop the production and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030.
🚨BREAKING: Stop Oil Spray Stonehenge Orange only
🔥 2 people took action the day before the Summer Solstice, asking the incoming government to sign up to a legally binding agreement to phase out fossil fuels by 2030.
🧯 Help us take megalithic action — https://t.co/R20S8YQD1j pic.twitter.com/ufzO8ZiDWu
— Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) June 19, 2024
“Stonehenge at Solstice is a celebration of the natural world, but look at the state of it! We all have the right to live free from suffering, but the constant burning of oil, coal and gas causes death and suffering in unparalleled measure. . It’s time for us to think about it.” “What will our civilization leave behind—what will be our legacy?” Niamh Lynch said.
Police in the English county of Wiltshire later announced that the protesters had been arrested.
We remind you that an environmental activist in the Food Riposte movement stuck a protest sign on a Monet painting in the Orsay Museum in Paris.
Italian environmental activists have pasted images of the devastating effects of climate change on Botticelli’s famous painting The Birth of Venus.
Source: korrespondent
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