Activists dump manure at Madrid climate summit venue
By DW
21 December 2019 |
4:32 pm
As the Madrid climate talks rumbled on, Extinction Rebellion members unloaded a pile of horse manure in front of the UN meet. Squabbling over details was like "rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic," the movement said.
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