Climate Changed
Goldman, Bank of England Targeted in London Climate Protest
- Activists also block doors of U.K. capital’s stock exchange
- Marchers later visited offices of Bank of England, Treasury
Police remove an Extinction Rebellion activist outside the Goldman Sachs building in London on April 25.
Photographer: Matt Dunham/AP Photo
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Extinction Rebellion activists took their climate-change campaign to the London Stock Exchange, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and the Bank of England on Thursday, targeting the city’s financial district to press their call for action on global warming.
Marchers with whistles, megaphones and drums halted traffic outside Goldman’s offices on Fleet Street mid-morning local time, after at least seven people were arrested for gluing themselves to the main entrance of the LSE, temporarily blocking access. In the afternoon a group of 50 activists demonstrated in front of the central bank, seeking to hold up traffic.