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Grandparents are being arrested in London climate protests
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September 6, 2021
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2:22Now PlayingOlder people joined climate change protests in London on Sept. 2, with hopes to bring a better future for children and their families.
The climate activist movement tends to be associated with younger people. But there are indications that an increasing number of older people are getting exercised about what is happening to the planet. During protests in London over the past two weeks, there have been quite a few gray heads in the crowd — the “gray greens,” as one BBC presenter called them.
And many of those people said they were willing to go to jail for their beliefs. More than 500 people were detained and subsequently released over the course of the demonstrations, which were organized by the environmental group Extinction Rebellion. Read moreSubscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube
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