'Under normal circumstances, the last thing I would want to do is glue myself to a window, be arrested, and put on trial,' but it's necessary highlight the action needed to tackle the climate emergency, said one acquitted scientist.
"The magistrates acknowledged that we were expressing our right to protest, which should be the cornerstone of any democracy," one defendant said while noting the"raft of oppressive laws against legitimate protests being adopted in the U.K.
"The rush for new oil and gas being enabled by the U.K. government is completely at odds with what the scientific research is telling us needs to happen," defendant Stuart Capstick said Friday."The consequences of ignoring that science will be devastating climate impacts that threaten the lives and well-being of people around the world."
XR highlighted in a statement that the scientists, who also wrote messages in chalk spray,"took great care not to cause any lasting damage by using easily washable and removable substances," and"the prosecution could not produce any evidence of the alleged damage or actual costs" to clean up. "Those gases will persist for hundreds of years and will heat our planet even more, directly contributing to millions of deaths from heatwaves, flooding, extreme weather events, and crop failure," he warned."We need the government to start listening to the warnings coming from scientists and bodies such as the United Nations and the International Energy Agency."
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