The Police Tried to Ruin Extinction Rebellion`s Week-One Party
(WorldNews Environment)

A week has passed since climate action group Extinction Rebellion kicked off their most recent round of protests - which have, at times, engulfed the capital, blocking off traffic and bringing London to a standstill. By the end of Bank Holiday Monday, while little remained of their blockade of Oxford Circus - some XR-branded flags attached to traffic lights; a few police officers stationed on every corner, just in case the moved-on protesters reappeared - less than a mile up the road the demonstrations showed no sign of abating. Most protesters were cleared out of their encampments on Waterloo Bridge, Parliament Square and Oxford Street by police over the Easter weekend; the number of...