Extinction Rebellion are 'pussycats' and council should embrace them, new climate tsar says
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxRochdale’s new climate change tsar has called on the council to embrace radical protest group Extinction Rebellion.Coun Sara Rowbotham, who took on the new role last year, believes the environmentalists can play an important part in helping the authority hit its bid to become carbon-neutral by 2038.The global movement pressures governments into taking action to address the current ‘climate and ecological emergency’.However, its tactics - which involve non-violent civil disobedience - have drawn criticism from some quarters.
Last September it held demonstrations in Manchester city centre despite pleas from councillors who said it would break lockdown restrictions.
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