There is a new movement called "Break Free." It is a protest against fossil fuels that has spread over six continents. On Saturday, May 14, thousands of people gathered in front of city hall in Los Angeles. People with signs that read "break free from fossil fuels" and "stop offshore drilling" marched from city hall to the SoCal Gas Headquarters.
Break Free 2016 spread from Los Angeles all the way to Australia, Germany, Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia, Nigeria and many other places.
Here are some things that people did to protest around the world:
In Washington state 52 people were arrested on Sunday, May 15 after "they camped out on train tracks servicing oil refineries in northern Puget Sound."
In Australia protestors blockaded the Newcastle port ("one of the world's biggest coal export ports") with kayaks and boats.
In the United Kingdom protestors "shut down the country's largest open-pit coal mine."
In Germany, activists "broke into a coal-fired power station and blockaded the nearby Welzoe Sued open-pit mine."
In Nigeria, many activists gathered around the country's first oil well.
In Albany, New York "protestors targeted crude oil trains."
Finally, in Chicago, activists marched on BP refinery.
This protest shows how so many people, in so many places are actively trying to stop oil fracking, and "to break free from fossil fuels."
People are trying to make a difference in the environment. We all need to create thousands of protests like this one, so that we can begin to help our environment.
The NPR article I read: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/16/478198609/photos-protesters-around-the-world-target-fossil-fuel-industry
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