(CNN) — Greta Thunberg was arrested at a protest outside an oil and gas conference – formerly known as the “Oil and Money” conference – at a luxury five-star hotel in London on Tuesday, eyewitnesses told CNN. London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that several arrests had...
Tom Foster and Clare Sebastian, CNNSwedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is pictured being arrested by police outside the InterContinental London Park Lane hotel, Tuesday, October 17. was arrested at a protest outside an oil and gas conference – formerly known as the “Oil and Money” conference – at a luxury five-star hotel in London on Tuesday, eyewitnesses told CNN.
Thunberg and other protestors blocked entrances at the hotel, trying to prevent delegates from entering.The Energy Intelligence Forum had not responded to CNN’s request for comment at the time of publication. She added: “The fossil fuel industry has actively distracted and delayed. They have created loopholes to allow their business to go on at the expense of the planet. We are choking from their fumes.”
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