Climate activists from Insulate Britain on Friday morning blocked two UK motorways in their 10th day of protests in the past three weeks. The group said approximately 30 of its activists blocked the M4 at Junction 3, near Heathrow Airport, and the M1 at Junction 1, at Brent Cross, north London. Insulate Britain said the demonstrators include eight people released from police custody on Thursday after blocking the M25 at Junction 30 in Essex, and others who were arrested earlier this week. “We are going nowhere: actions will continue until the government make [sic] a statement to insulate Britain’s 29 million leaky homes,” the group said on Twitter. Insulate Britain, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, has been demanding that the government insulate all homes across the UK to cut carbon emissions. After the group repeatedly shut down parts of M25, the UK’s busiest motorway, last month, the government obtained an …
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