Members of Extinction Rebellion Scotland blocked off a Glasgow petrol station to highlight its role in the climate crisis. 

Protesters blocked access to a Shell station at Eglinton Toll for three periods of seven minutes, standing in the way of the drivers and holding banners which read "Fuelling Our Extinction". 

Members of the group, who started the action just before 1pm, spent time speaking to the drivers about the role Shell plays in investing in greenhouse-gas emitting oil and gas.

The action was part of a two-week-long Extinction Rebellion campaign Rig Rebellion 2.0 against the fossil fuel industry which started on January 6. 

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Jack Healy, an Extinction Rebellion volunteer at the Glasgow protest today, said “We’re taking this action today because Shell and the rest of the fossil fuel industry are at the root of the climate crisis.

"They’ve been wilfully concealing the truth about the climate crisis for thirty years.

"I can’t understand how, even now, while Australia is burning, they keep on extracting more and more climate-destroying oil and gas."

He added: "They’re one of the biggest energy company in the world and their greed is reducing our chance of keeping the Earth habitable.”    

Protests as part of the campaign have already taken place in other Glasgow cities such as Edinburgh and Dundee. 

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In Edinburgh, two Extinction Rebellion members interrupted FMQs to ask questions about the government's North Sea oil and gas plans.