Two activists from Just Stop Oil defaced Charles Darwin’s grave at Westminster Abbey to highlight the climate crisis, marking the grave with '1.5 is dead' after global temperatures surpassed the 1.5°C threshold. Alyson Lee and Di Bligh were arrested, stressing the urgency for the UK government to phase out fossil fuels. The damage was temporary.
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