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Protesters stick together in UK bank demonstration
Climate protesters superglued themselves together inside the London headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday to demonstrate about what they said was the bank's investment in fossil fuels.
The protesters were from a Climate Camp set up in southeast London by environmentalists pledging to take direct action against the government, companies and financial institutions that they blame for failing to do enough to tackle global warming.
"A bank that is 70 percent-owned by the government should not be investing so heavily in fossil fuels ... it completely contradicts the government's policy of reducing carbon emissions," protest spokeswoman Jesse Harris said.
"Now we own 70 percent of the bank, it is time to use that ownership and turn the Royal Bank of Scotland into the 'Royal Bank of Sustainability'."