Climate camp protesters gather to give RBSstick
ROYAL Bank of Scotland’s Bishopsgate headquarters was yesterday invaded by climate change activists who stuck themselves to the trading floor with superglue in protest at the bank’s funding of fossil fuel projects.
Hundreds more protested outside the bank’s headquarters, while 15 demonstrators staged a naked roof-top demonstration at public relations firm Edelman, which represents E.on, the firm which owns the Kingsnorth power station.
A separate group targeted the headquarters of oil company Shell, removing the ‘S’ from the company’s logo so that it simply read ‘hell’.
Hundreds of police officers were brought in to prevent a repeat of the violence which marred the G20 protests earlier this year, but there was only one arrest.
The Climate Camp protesters, based at Blackheath, are staging their fourth annual series of protests to draw attention to environmental concerns.
Earlier this week, the activists staged a “clean up protest” on the steps of the Treasury, claiming that the government was not committed to preventing global warming.