Rebels Blockade HS2 work site with Beacons of Truth | Extinction Rebellion UK

Friday October 9, 2020 - Extinction Rebellion and Stop HS2 have responded to the Prime Minister’s call to protect biodiversity by blocking HS2 worksites across the 140-mile stretch from London to Birmingham asking him to tell the truth and, in his own words ‘act now without dither or delay’.
Extinction Rebellion targeted the 135 acre tunnelling site in West Hyde near Denham next to the M25, where the £16million tunnel boring machines are due to break into the Chilterns in early 2021.
Protestors stood on top of the 17m high tunnel, released flares and blocked the gates to the compound by locking and gluing themselves onto structures similar to those used to disrupt the distribution of the Daily Mail and other newspapers outside Broxbourne printworks only a few weeks ago. A banner held outside a compound entrance read ‘Extinction if forever: Stop HS2’
They were supported by a crowd of concerned campaigners from across the UK and local community members, who say they have had enough of Government lies and leaders’ inability to see the catastrophic impact of HS2.
HS2 construction and biodiversity destruction delays any plans for the UK to reach net zero by 2050. Claims that HS2 will contribute towards a new ‘greener’ future are simply not true. The carbon footprint of its construction is so huge that HS2 will not reach carbon net zero within its predicted lifetime of 120 years.
Our ancient woodlands, the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and our protected nature reserves are our precious last reserves of biodiversity in the UK. These irreplaceable areas are not being protected properly as they are being destroyed right now as projects like HS2 continue to rip through the countryside.
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