Protest - Lisa Cross raising awareness of the climate change crisis A DEFIANT grandmother brought traffic to a halt in for more than an hour. by sitting in the middle of a Colchester town centre road to protest about climate change inaction. Lisa Cross plonked herself at the top of Queen Street, Colchester, on Saturday wearing a sign which said: “I’m terrified for my grandchildren’s future because of the climate crisis”. She stayed there for an hour causing queues of traffic to build up through the town centre, before leaving of her own accord. The 52-year-old said she blocked the road to highlight “the Government’s inaction on climate change” two years on from its declaration of a climate emergency.
Suzanne Williams of Extinction Rebellion argues why protesters are right to keep blocking the traffic On Beaumont Street, Oxford, at 11am on Saturday, local resident Anne Taylor stopped traffic by peacefully sitting in the road wearing a sign that read ‘I’m terrified for my grandchildren’s future because of the climate crisis.’ As she sat in the way of the oncoming traffic, Anne risked her life in order to speak out about government inaction on climate two years on from Parliament’s declaration of an environment and climate emergency. But she was not alone. Around the country, over 200 people just like her, terrified about the trajectory we are on in this climate and ecological emergency, also took action in their hometowns in the same way.
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Drivers forced to drive around Extinction Rebellion protesters on busy Swansea roads
The 30 minute protest, took place across three locations in Swansea on Saturday
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Extinction Rebellion protesters across Swansea stopped traffic across the city after staging a sit down protest on busy roads.