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Climate change activists block Shell headquarters, 30 detained

(Reuters, 31 Jan 2020) The company said that its strategy is in alignment with international climate treaties

THE HAGUE, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Environmental activists chanting "keep it in the ground" blocked the entrance to Shell's headquarters in The Hague on Friday, protesting at the energy company's role in climate change, until police dragged them away, detaining 30.

Some of the environmentalists from the Extinction Rebellion and Shell Must Fall! lobby groups wedged themselves between the glass front doors of the building. Others held banners and splashed a black liquid on its front steps, chanting slogans including "ExxonMobil, BP, Shell: take your oil and go to hell!"

"Shell is one of the biggest polluters," said one woman who had glued herself to a railing outside the building. She declined to give her name. "If we want to have a chance for stopping climate change, Shell is one of the first companies that has to go."

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Reuters, 31 Jan 2020: Climate change activists block Shell headquarters, 30 detained

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