A group of Greenpeace members climbed to the roof of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's home in North Yorkshire and unfurled large black drapes to protest recent oil policies.
Greenpeace organized the stunt
The announcement angered environmental groups, who have cited the nation's past promises to bring its net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. Sunak has not backed down from the oil and gas expansion, however, citing national security interests in divesting from"We make no apology for taking the right approach to ensure our energy security, using the resources we have here at home so we are never reliant on aggressors like Putin for our energy," Sunak's office said in a statement defending his climate policies.
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