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Photos: Climate Camp Direct Action on DECC

Photos: Climate Camp Direct Action on DECC

A group of environmental protesters carried out a direct action on the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) this morning and politics.co.uk was there as it happened.

By Liz Stephens


Protesters unfurl a banner outside the government department.


Two protesters hand out goggles.


The police arrive on the scene.


The police remained hands-off during the protest, which passed off peacefully with no arrests.


A kayak blocks the main entrance to the Department for Energy and Climate Change and protesters occupy the lobby.


A protester poses wearing a snorkel outside the occupied government department.


A protester stands outside the DECC wearing flippers.


A protester carries a banner offering DECC staff “free swimming lessons”.