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04-18-2016, 02:01 PM
Greenpeace scales Nelson's Column over London air pollution levels
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LONDON — Activists from environmental group Greenpeace climbed several London monuments Monday morning in a protest against what they say are dangerous levels of air pollution.*
Four people were arrested after they scaled Nelson's Column, a 52-meter monument in Trafalgar Square.*
Other protesters placed surgical masks over famous London statues, including the Oliver Cromwell statue outside the houses of parliament, Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street and Eros in Piccadilly Circus.*
The group says (https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/air-pollution-national?source=tw&subsource=20160418aptw01&utm_source=gpeace&utm_medium=tw&utm_campaign=20160418aptw01) it plans to target 17 statues in the capital on Monday.
Responding to the action, Met Police said:*"Two people are up there [Nelson's Column]. At 6:25 a.m. we got the call, ******rs are in attendance. Two other people have been arrested in connection with the incident." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/greenpeace-nelsons-column-air-pollution/)
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LONDON — Activists from environmental group Greenpeace climbed several London monuments Monday morning in a protest against what they say are dangerous levels of air pollution.*
Four people were arrested after they scaled Nelson's Column, a 52-meter monument in Trafalgar Square.*
Other protesters placed surgical masks over famous London statues, including the Oliver Cromwell statue outside the houses of parliament, Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street and Eros in Piccadilly Circus.*
The group says (https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/air-pollution-national?source=tw&subsource=20160418aptw01&utm_source=gpeace&utm_medium=tw&utm_campaign=20160418aptw01) it plans to target 17 statues in the capital on Monday.
Responding to the action, Met Police said:*"Two people are up there [Nelson's Column]. At 6:25 a.m. we got the call, ******rs are in attendance. Two other people have been arrested in connection with the incident." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/greenpeace-nelsons-column-air-pollution/)
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