A CAMPAIGN aimed at tackling the climate emergency has returned with a message to motorists today.
Members of Extinction Rebellion (XR) have erected banners over the M4 at Shinfield on Saturday, January 29.
They are placed over the bridges in a bid to raise awareness of their campaign against the Government’s road-building plans, which they say are inconsistent with tackling climate change, and air pollution caused mostly by road traffic is responsible for an estimated 36,000 premature deaths per year.
XR argues that the Government’s Road Investment Strategy 2 (RIS2) will cost £27.4 billion up to 2025, and the Transport Action Network (TAN) found that National Highways estimates the extra traffic will lead to almost 33 million tonnes of extra carbon emissions.
The group say they would like to see encouragement for more bus services, and called on people who agree with them to share their concerns with their MP, or the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps.
The Reading area Extinction Rebellion group can be found online at https://www.facebook.com/groups/XRRdg
