What better way to spend the Friday before bank holiday than outside the gates of a massive oil depot?
Buncefield can hold up to 65 million litres of fuel, each litre of which produces 2.5 kg of carbon when used. It has pipelines to Gatwick and Heathrow, supplying aviation fuel.
Nigel and five other members of Extinction rebellion locked on to cars blocking the entrance to prevent tankers entering for 6 hours.
It is a demonstration designed to draw attention to the climate emergency which is already causing floods and wildfires in many parts of the planet.
'The burning of fossil fuels more than anything else, is driving the climate emergency. Buncefield is the epicentre of fossil fuel distribution in the UK.'
You may not fancy lying in the road like Nigel, but please help by emailing your MP and asking them to support the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill.
For all our sakes.
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