LONDON — Greenpeace climate activists scaled Rishi Sunak’s family home and draped it in black fabric — as part of a protest against plans to issue new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea.
“Climbers are on the roof of Rishi Sunak’s mansion draping it in 200 metres of oily-black fabric to drive home the dangerous consequences of a new drilling frenzy,” Greenpeace U.K. tweeted Thursday, as they shared a picture of the stunt.
No. 10 Downing Street confirmed to the PA news agency that U.K. police “are in attendance” at Sunak’s home, in Kirby Sigston, Yorkshire.
A No.10 spokesperson said: “We make no apology for taking the right approach to ensure our energy security, using the resources we have here at home so we are never reliant on aggressors like [Vladimir] Putin for our energy.”
The British prime minister is currently on holiday in California. He has faced criticism from climate groups and activists over the announcement that hundreds of new oil and gas licenses will be granted for North Sea drilling.
The protestors scaled Sunak’s home using ladders and climbing ropes, and the fabric was pictured covering an entire side of the property.
Two other activists unfurled a banner stating “Rishi Sunak — Oil Profits or Our Future?” in front of Sunak’s home.
Rishi Sunak’s home hit by Greenpeace in oil and gas protest
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