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DOVER (dpa-AFX) – Climate activists from the Insulate Britain organization blocked the entrance to the port of Dover on Friday morning. A spokeswoman for the port police confirmed this on request. Trucks and other vehicles trying to reach the port are currently unable to get through. The police arrested 17 people involved. Traffic jams reportedly formed in front of the port.

In the past few weeks, the activists of Insulate Britain had already caused considerable disruptions in traffic with their actions – for example by sticking to the lanes of the M25 motorway. “We have to speak the truth about the acute horror of the climate crisis,” said a spokesman for the organization. Big changes on the necessary scale are needed quickly.

The organization Fridays for Future has called for climate strikes in more than 80 countries around the world this Friday in order to demand a more ambitious climate protection policy from the politicians.

In Great Britain, however, organizations like Insulate Britain or Extinction Rebellion, which rely on civil disobedience, are much more present in the public sphere. The conservative government, which makes climate protection a priority, is cracking down on the protesters with a hard hand. A judge has issued an injunction against Insulate Britain, the government said this week. Those who resist could go to jail.

Insulate Britain calls for comprehensive thermal insulation of houses in Great Britain. The recent sharp rise in energy prices made a solution to the problem all the more urgent, emphasized the group./swe/DP/stw

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