Climate protesters from This is Rigged risk lives to climb 100 feet The Kelpies structure as they continue bid to shut down Scottish fossil fuel industry
- Two activists climbed The Kelpies steel equine sculptures at 5am this morning
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Two climate campaigners have climbed to the top of a 100 feet tourist attraction to tackle the fossil fuel industry in Scotland.
Activists from This Is Rigged perilously scaled The Kelpies steel equine sculptures between Falkirk and Grangemouth at 5am this morning.
They said they would ‘not be lured underwater’ by the fossil fuel industry, in reference to Scottish folklore where kelpies were shape-shifting creatures that charmed young children before drowning them.
The protesters are still on the landmark – designed by Andy Scott and constructed in 2013 – and have unfurled a banner reading This Is Rigged.
Today’s action comes after protesters from the group staged blockades at oil terminals in Grangemouth and Clydebank this week, which stopped oil tanker deliveries across the country.
Two climate campaigners have climbed to the top of The Kelpies tourist attraction to tackle the fossil fuel industry in Scotland
The activists from This Is Rigged perilously scaled the 100 feet steel equine sculptures between Falkirk and Grangemouth at 5am this morning
One of the climbers said: ‘In Scottish folklore, kelpies are water spirits which lure people to a watery grave. As the Scottish government continues to allow oil and gas licences to go ahead in Scotland, they’re leading us to the same fate.
‘The land on which The Kelpies were built will be submerged underwater by 2050. Isn’t this a bit ironic?’
Another protester said: ‘The Kelpies is a monument to the horses and the people who’ve worked to develop our industry and agriculture to where it is today, yet the Scottish government is now leaving our oil workers without support for a fair transition to renewables.
‘This means unemployment, insecurity and exploitation for workers as well as fossil-fuelled climate collapse.
This Is Rigged have vowed to shut down the Scottish fossil fuel industry entirely. Pictured: A This Is Rigged protester
The protesters are still on the massive landmark – designed by Andy Scott and constructed in 2013 – and have unfurled a banner reading This Is Rigged (File image)
Activists blockaded the entrance to the Ineos refinery in Grangemouth (pictured), Fife, and the Nustar Clydebank oil terminal in West Dunbartonshire earlier this week
‘Horses powered our past and renewables power our future. Continuing fossil fuel extraction will power nothing but our death.’
This Is Rigged have vowed to shut down the Scottish fossil fuel industry entirely.
This week, police have arrested more than 30 campaigners for alleged breach of the peace and public order offences.
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