Video posted by the group showed a crew dressed in bright red jumpsuits, helmets, and safety harnesses carrying ladders and climbing onto the roof of the Yorkshire house.
They slowly unfurled long black sheets of fabric over the front of the home and held a yellow sign on the roof that read “No New Oil.”North Yorkshire police said officers were at the location.
Greenpeace activists pose with a protest poster in front of the manor house of Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Yorkshire, England, on Aug. 3, 2023.Activists climb onto the roof of the manor house of Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Yorkshire, England, on Aug. 3, 2023.The move was widely criticized by environmental groups that have accused the government of backsliding on its pledge to eliminate net carbon emissions by 2050.
“We desperately need our prime minister to be a climate leader, not a climate arsonist,” said Philip Evans of Greenpeace. “Just as wildfires and floods wreck homes and lives around the world, Sunak is committing to a massive expansion of oil and gas drilling.”
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