Climate activists scale oil tanker in protest
A police operation has been launched to remove climate activists taking action at Grangemouth petrochemical plant.
Officers with climbing equipment moved in after several This Is Rigged protesters blocked the front gate and scaled oil tankers. They were removed and taken away in police vans.Ineos said production at the site near Falkirk was unaffected, but a tanker terminal had been shut as a precaution. Police Scotland confirmed its officers were also deployed to a smaller demonstration at the oil terminal at Rothsay Dock, Clydebank.This Is Rigged said in a statement posted on social media: "We are shutting down the oil industry in Scotland to demand that the Scottish government steps up and says no new oil, and implements a fair transition for workers.
"Our products and their applications are helping others to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions too."
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