ENVIRONMENTAL campaigner Greta Thunberg is among 26 people charged over a protest outside a central London hotel which was hosting the heads of major oil and gas companies.
Fossil Free London organised the protest on Tuesday to disrupt the Energy Intelligence Forum, which was meeting at the InterContinental London hotel in Park Lane, near Hyde Park.
In a statement, the Met Police said Thunberg has been charged with failing to comply with a condition imposed under Section 14 of the Public Order Act.
She and others were bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on November 15.
Thunberg told reporters at the demonstration: "The world is drowning in fossil fuels. Our hopes and dreams and lives are being washed away by a flood of greenwashing and lies.
"It has been clear for decades that the fossil fuel industries were well aware of the consequences of their business models, and yet, they have done nothing.
"The opposite - they have actively delayed, distracted and denied the causes of the climate crisis and spread doubts about their own engagement in it."
