Greenpeace activists arrested at Trump Tower for protesting against the US president’s climate change policies
The US is the largest emitter of annual greenhouse gases than any other country.
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Your support makes all the difference.A group of demonstrators were arrested after displaying a banner featuring a picture of the planet with the words “defend” and “resist” at Trump Tower.
Chicago police stated that there were imminent charges against the Greenpeace protestors after the incident last week as the US leader attended the G20 Summit where the President was left isolated over his country's stance on climate change.
It is thought five men and two women will be charged, although police are still examining possible damage to property and trespassing, according to US broadcaster WGN news.
The environmental group released a statement saying: "Activists with Greenpeace USA are at Trump International Hotel in downtown Chicago, preparing to send a message that the Trump Administration can't ignore."
Greenpeace tweeted that this was a “peaceful, creative and non-violent protest.”
Another tweet warned: "The Trump administration is attacking our communities & our planet. We will #RESIST!"
The protestors failed in their attempt to take the banner up to the 25th floor of the US president’s headquarters on Fifth Avenue in New York, where a 20-foot Trump sign is fastened.
On Saturday, Greenpeace activists were in Hamburg, Germany, where US president Trump attended the G20 summit. Protestors climbed on to a bridge and unfolded a sign saying: "G-20: End Coal."
The G20 summit ended with strong words from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, criticising Trump. "Unfortunately - and I deplore this - the United States of America left the climate agreement, or rather announced their intention of doing this," Merkel said.
The US president faced widescale condemnation after deciding that the United States would pull out of the climate change agreement, which aims at reducing carbon emissions to mitigate the effects of global warming.
Trump has tweeted that “the concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.”
The US is the largest emitter of annual greenhouse gases than any other country, suggests figures from the World Resources Institute.
According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, global warming has a “significantly and costly effects on our communities”, contributing to increased coastal flooding, wildfires and drought.
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