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A group of environmental activists have just disrupted Barclay’s annual general meeting in London.

A group of climate change protesters stormed the meeting, and were forcibly removed after urging Barclays to stop financing environmentally damaging fossil fuel projects.

They chanted: “keep it in the ground” and “no more fossil fuel finance” , and then:

“Barclays bank, we said no! Fossil fuels have got to go!



A student network called People & Planet have said they were behind the protest.

People & Planet (@peopleandplanet) Our students just disrupted the #BarclaysAGM calling on the bank to ditch all fossil fuel finance including coal, tar sands and #KinderMorgan pipeline now! #Divest #Barclays #fossilfree pic.twitter.com/CvueMmsY7c

Separately, a 22-year old activist called Ocean Hyland spoke at the AGM - and asked Barclays to reconsider financing a pipeline carrying oil from the tar sands in Alberta through British Columbia to the coast.

Hyland’s nation, Tsleil Waututh, believe the Kinder Morgan pipeline will cause environmental damage.

She explained:

“If built, Kinder Morgan’s project will increase tanker traffic in the inlet 7 fold, bringing with it increased risks of oil spills and pollution. It will also enable the expansion of the Alberta Oil Sands which, in turn will accelerate climate change. And that is why The Tsleil Waututh Nation will do whatever it takes to stop the Kinder Morgan project.

It’s been a bruising AGM for Barclays, with shareholders accusing CEO Jes Staley of being “irrevocably tarnished” and ask why he hasn’t resigned over the whistleblowing scandal for which he was fined last year.