Politics & Government
Climate Change Protesters Climb Universal Studios Globe
Activists said they staged the Earth Day protest to urge NBC Universal to take action on the issue of climate change.
#EarthDay demonstrators at Universal Studios. They climbed the globe statue and threw red dye in the fountain. pic.twitter.com/NylucmguY4
— Marc Brown (@abc7marc) April 22, 2019
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA — Climate-change protesters from a group called Extinction Rebellion LA climbed the globe at Universal Studios Hollywood Monday and glued themselves to it.
Group members said they staged the Earth Day protest to urge NBC Universal to take action on the issue of climate change.
Images from the scene showed two people atop the globe waving green flags.
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"Earth Day demonstrations came to the property unannounced and we are working with law enforcement to have them peacefully removed," a Universal Studios spokeswoman told City News Service.
She declined to offer any other details about the protest.
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A message atop the Extinction Rebellion LA Twitter page had called for "Earth Day Escalated Action!...." and directed people to gather at the Universal/Studio City Metro Station on the Red Line at 12:30 p.m. and to "bring clothes that can get stained."
The Los Angeles County Fire Department reported about 3:55 p.m. that it had cleared the scene after assisting in the removal of the protesters.
It was unclear if any of them were arrested.
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