Police in The Hague said they detained about 1,000 climate activists on Saturday for blocking a major city motorway again. Last year, the climate group Extinction Rebellion (XR) blocked the A12 motorway in The Hague dozens of times to demand that the Netherlands cut all state subsidies for fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported that the clearing of the blockade, which had been banned by the mayor of the city, dragged on because demonstrators had glued thems
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European leaders including Germany's Olaf Scholz are to discuss scaling up wind energy generation in the North Sea. The meeting comes as Western Europe is trying to cut its energy reliance on Russia.