A CLIMATE protest including the proposed West Cumbria coal mine plan hit the streets of London this week but a local MP has said coke mining is “necessary” to the nation’s steel production. Extinction Rebellion UK was out on the streets of London on Thursday and Friday, protesting about the climate crisis. The pile of “coal” blocked the entrance to the bank before activists placed signs, including one that read: “Do not insure the West Cumbria Coal Mine.”Climate activists in London were seen damaging the windows of HSBC’s headquarters at Canary Wharf on Thursday. To give an idea, 180,000 tonnes of steel will be required for the construction of just one 440 mega watt small modular reactor. “I’m in favour of a UK steel industry – the alternative dependency on international imports for our manufacturing is neither a sound environmental or economic policy.”

Source: Daily Nation April 27, 2021 03:56 UTC