Large Turnout at Climate Demonstration in Amsterdam: 'Holy Moly, Stop Using Oil'

Large Turnout at Climate Demonstration in Amsterdam: 'Holy Moly, Stop Using Oil'

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de
the
en
and
voor
for, before
dat
that
met
with
het
the, it
om
at, to
te
to
van
of, from
op
on, up
in
naar
to, towards
ook
also
bij
at, with
door
through, by
maar
but
worden
become, becomes, became, becoming
waar
where, true
deelnemen
participate, participates, participating, participated
stoppen
stop, stops, stopping, stopped
vragen
ask, asks, asking, asked
meedoen
join, joins, joining, joined
beginnen
begin, begins, beginning, began
hebben
have, has, having, had
geven
give, gives, giving, gave, given
groot
big, bigger, biggest
oud
old, older, oldest
jong
young, younger, youngest
veel
many, much, more, most
snel
fast, faster, fastest
duizend
thousand, thousands
de stad
the city, cities
het jaar
the year, years

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This afternoon, duizend van people deelnemen in a climate demonstration in Amsterdam.

de crowd gathered om Dam Square en marched om Museumplein om draw attention om de climate crisis.

According om de organizers, around 40,000 people meedoen de march.

de police en city officials declined om estimate de number van attendees.

de demonstrators urged de Netherlands om stoppen using fossil fuels en quickly transition om sustainable energy sources.

veel participants carried signs met messages such as 'Holy moly, stoppen using oil' en 'fossil fuels are not cool'.

Additionally, there were Palestinian flags en flags van Extinction Rebellion (XR) op display.

de march beginnen om 2:00 PM, preceded door performances van artists like Merol en Son Mieux.

de 2.

5-kilometer march was organized door de Climate Crisis Coalition, a collaboration van various environmental en social organizations, including Friends van de Earth Netherlands en XR.

Both jong en oud were represented om de protest.

In recent het jaar, de climate movement hebben often held demonstrations in Amsterdam, usually in de fall.

de largest turnout was in 2023, when reportedly around 85,000 people deelnemen.

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