XR Furness have thrown their support behind Cumbrian ‘climate crisis’ activists who were out on the streets this weekend staging protests.

The protesters – inspired by the national Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement – say roads in Kendal and Carlisle were affected during the action, which is part of a national day of protest in the run-up to the UK hosted UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November.

Police have confirmed that a 58-year-old Carlisle woman was arrested following the protests.

Charlie Candles said: “I fully admire this woman for taking the action she did because climate change is a big political topic at present which is affecting a lot of people around the world.

"Large global companies are pouring fossil fuel waste products in the atmosphere thus causing global warming which in turn results in floods which has devastating and fatal consequences. Another consequence is deforestation in South America in which tress are chopped down and not replaced, so when it rains there is nothing to absorb the water, thus flooding. We should be using green energy by using wind and waves to create it in the name of human need and not for profit.”

Wayne Brocks said: “Anyone taking bets after what the next protest will be?”

Mason Jones said: “I hope the next protest will be the 'Kill the Bill' protests which the Tories are planning to push through which will prevent people from protesting, which is an attack on our civil liberties. Protesting achieves results for workers.”

Norma Grade said: “Over half of Covid funding distributed by the Bank of England has gone to carbon-intensive industries, including airlines, car manufacturers and oil and gas companies.”

Colin Townsend said: “Climate change is man-made but the idea that we are in imminent danger was not backed up by the UN Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change report. The UN even had its medium projection for rising sea levels to increase by half a metre by 2100.”