AdvertisementEnvironmental activists have clashed with police while blocking off a road in the centre of London Sunday following a protest at the Science Museum. Hundreds of climate activists and supporters - including Olympic sailor Laura Baldwin - had gathered at the Science Museum to protest against an exhibition because it was part-funded by oil giant Shell. Extinction Rebellion protesters were seen staging a 'die-in' at the Science Museum, with dozens lying on half of the ramp which leads to the entrance. 'We find it unacceptable that a scientific institution, a great cultural institution such as the Science Museum, should be taking money, dirty money, from an oil company. 'Oil companies have an anti-science agenda and yet the Science Museum is taking their money.

Source: Daily Mail August 29, 2021 18:22 UTC