{"id":3139,"date":"2020-03-10T14:52:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jomec.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2020-03-10T14:52:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T14:52:05","slug":"barclays-shutdown-in-cardiff-by-greenpeace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/barclays-shutdown-in-cardiff-by-greenpeace\/","title":{"rendered":"Barclays Shutdown in Cardiff by Greenpeace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Almost 100 branches of Barclays bank were shut last week by environmental group Greenpeace. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Greenpeace targeted different branches across UK to protest against their investment in fossil fuel companies. They  blocked the the branches in  Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London and Manchester.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emily Davis of Greenpeace told Cardiff News Plus that Barclays should  stop funding fossil fuel causing climate emergency. They have invested approximately $85 billion in of funding fossil fuels.  It is asking Barclays to take back its support from companies and projects that do not align with the Paris Agreement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: <br>Greenpeace activists have shut down over 95 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barclays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Barclays<\/a> branches up and down the UK.<br><br>Banks are continuing to fund fossil fuel companies &amp; Barclays is the worst in Europe. <br><br>Globally, banks put up $1.9tn for fossil fuels between 2016-2018.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BarclaysShutDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BarclaysShutDown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KuufO6eLL7\">pic.twitter.com\/KuufO6eLL7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Greenpeace UK (@GreenpeaceUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenpeaceUK\/status\/1234397054052556801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But this protest has caused a lot of inconvenience to the customers of the bank. Vijender Singh who has a communication business in Cardiff says &#8220;I am affected by this protest as I&#8217;m unable deposit and withdraw cash. This has hampered my routinely transactions and hindered the business activities.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Arbab Cheema a researcher in finance from Cardiff Business School says that closing down of local branches is not going to affect the bank as it the customers and local businesses which are going to be affected by the protest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Barclays spokesperson said: \u201cWe recognize that climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today, and are determined to do all we can to support the transition to a low-carbon economy, while also ensuring that global energy needs continue to be met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGreenpeace has a view on these issues to which they are completely entitled, but we would ask that, in expressing that view, they stop short of behaviour which targets our customers, and our colleagues, going about their lives in communities around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Greenpeace Protest on Barclays by CardiffJomec\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F773100292&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=1200&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Greenpeace Protest on Barclays by CardiffJomec\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F773100292&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=1200&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 100 branches of Barclays bank were shut last week by environmental group Greenpeace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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