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		</div><p>Trinity College Cambridge said it “regrets the criminal damage done to its property” after climate activists staged a protest by digging up its lawn.</p>
<p>Extinction Rebellion cited the college’s “ties with fossil fuel companies” and its role in the development of Innocence Farm in Suffolk as reasons for the protest on Monday.</p>
<p>Local businessman Dr Tim Norman, 53, took photos of the dug-up lawn and uploaded them to Twitter.</p>
<p>He told the PA news agency: <em>“It’s counter-productive vandalism. Seemed to confuse the tourists too, as it wasn’t clear what they were doing it for.”</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Extinction Rebellion activists have just dug up the lawn at Trinity College <a href="https://t.co/qeYislB2fS">pic.twitter.com/qeYislB2fS</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Tim Norman (@Pteropus_66) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pteropus_66/status/1229395770945789956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>On the group’s Facebook page for its Cambridge branch, Extinction Rebellion wrote: <em>“Trinity College has invested £9.1m in oil and gas companies, the most of any of the 45 Oxbridge colleges.</em></p>
<p><em>“They own Innocence Farm in Suffolk and want to sell it to Felixstowe Port to build a lorry park for 3,000 vehicles.</em></p>
<p><em>“Trinity College must cut ties with fossil fuel companies and stop trying to hawk off nature for profit.</em></p>
<p><em>“Oh, and it should take the opportunity to replace the lawn with flowers.”</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is quite the most stupid piece of activism I have ever seen. I would gladly see these people prosecuted for criminal damage &; forced to put right their vandalism with their own hands <a href="https://t.co/VVLQlPWBhu">https://t.co/VVLQlPWBhu</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Victoria Freeman (@make_trouble) <a href="https://twitter.com/make_trouble/status/1229414561960415232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>A spokeswoman for Trinity College said: <em>“The college respects the right to freedom of speech and non-violent protest but draws the line at criminal damage and asked the protesters to leave.</em></p>
<p><em>“The college is liaising with the police.</em></p>
<p><em>“Academics at Trinity are actively engaged in research to understand and develop solutions to climate change, and taking practical steps forward.”</em></p>
<p>The environmental group also staged a protest on Monday outside the International Maritime Organisation’s headquarters in London.</p>
<p>The protest, involving activists dressed as polar bears, aimed to call on the UN’s international shipping regulator to introduce stricter rules on exhaust pollution from ships.</p>
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