Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, internationally recognized for her efforts against climate change, has once again been arrested, this time at an anti-oil and gas protest in London.
🚨 NEW: Greta Thunberg has just been detained protesting a Big Oil conference in London.
This was her powerful message to the fossil fuel industry before she was detained.@fossilfreeLDN #OilyMoneyOut pic.twitter.com/wZAfvAvE7e
— Greenpeace UK (@GreenpeaceUK) October 17, 2023
Thunberg was taken to a police van after being arrested outside the InterContinental London Park Lane during the “Oily Money Out” protest organized by Fossil Free London and Greenpeace on the sidelines of the opening day of the Energy Intelligence Forum 2023, in London, on October 17, 2023.
The arrest came minutes after her speech, and she criticized the fossil fuel industries.
“The world is drowning in fossil fuels,” she said.
Recall that Greta’s activism began in August 2018 when, at the age of 15, she started demonstrating outside the Swedish Parliament, calling for stronger action against climate change. She held a simple cardboard sign reading “School Strike for Climate”, and her solitary protest soon inspired others to join her in the “Fridays for the Future” movement.
Thunberg has been protesting for 270 weeks with no sign of stopping!