{"id":10177,"date":"2023-10-18T01:46:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T01:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/18\/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-oil-conference-in-london-eyewitnesses-tell-cnn\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T01:46:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T01:46:45","slug":"greta-thunberg-arrested-at-oil-conference-in-london-eyewitnesses-tell-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/18\/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-oil-conference-in-london-eyewitnesses-tell-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Greta Thunberg arrested at oil conference in London, eyewitnesses tell CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The 20-year-old was attending a demonstration organized by climate group Fossil Free London outside the Intercontinental Hotel, which is hosting the Energy Intelligence Forum, an annual summit that brings together chief executives from oil and gas companies such as TotalEnergies, Shell and Aramco.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Thunberg and other protestors blocked entrances at the hotel, trying to prevent delegates from entering.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Thunberg said in a statement released by Fossil Free London before her arrest, \u201cwe have no choice but to disrupt\u201d because \u201cour world is being swept away by greenwashing and lies.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      She added: \u201cThe 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.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Greenpeace,<strong> <\/strong>which also attended the protest, said in a statement that hundreds of demonstrators, including Thunberg, \u201cfaced a heavy police presence as they gathered in front of the luxury Park Lane hotel to protest against the influence of the fossil fuel industry on UK and global climate politics.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The organization said that protestors had blocked all the entrances to the hotel from 8 a.m. local time while two climbers abseiled from the top of the building, unfurling a 30-meter (98-foot) long banner reading \u201cMake Big Oil Pay.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      At a press conference earlier in the day, Thunberg called out \u201cspineless politicians\u201d for meeting with oil industry lobbyists, according to Greenpeace\u2019s statement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Thunberg is no stranger to police interactions over climate protests. In January, she was detained by police at a coal mine protest in January and in July she was fined by a Swedish court for disobeying police after participating in a June protest, which blocked oil tankers in part of Malm\u00f6 harbor, Sweden.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Tuesday\u2019s protest marks the first of three days of action aimed at shutting down the conference, Greenpeace said  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 20-year-old was attending a demonstration organized by climate group Fossil Free London outside the Intercontinental Hotel, which is hosting the Energy Intelligence Forum, an annual summit that brings together chief executives from oil and gas companies such as TotalEnergies, Shell and Aramco. 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