Several thousand climate protesters broke through a police barrier and blocked a Dutch highway in a demonstration against fossil fuel subsidies enacted by the country's parliament.
Protestors display banners reading"stop Fossil Subsidies" as they gather with the intent to block a highway during a climate protest of Extinction Rebellion and other activists near the Dutch parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, Saturday, September 9, 2023.
Minister for Climate and Energy Rob Jetten acknowledged that the country must end the subsidies, but has offered no timeline. Radical climate activists around the globe have disrupted traffic to protest continued use of fossil fuels by automobiles. Last month, a street protest in Munich, Germany, led to a confrontation between two protesters and an oncoming vehicle that dragged them forward after they refused to move out of its way.
In the Netherlands, Extinction Rebellion has led a series of protests against the Dutch parliament. The group is the same that took responsibility for a protest that disrupted the U.S. Open match between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova on Thursday night.and at least one protester glued his shoes to the floor of Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The United States Tennis Association later said that at least four were taken into custody after a 49-minute delay.
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