Protest against the felling of trees in Arganzuela to expand metro line 11

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Protest action against the tree-killing policy of the Community of Madrid to expand metro line 11 . The workers began this morning, without prior notice, with the felling of the Arganzuela grove. This action is part of the works to expand metro line 11 that will connect the north and south of Madrid. Several neighbors and activists have come to protest what they believe does not make ecological sense in a context of climate crisis. “Madrid, capital of illegal logging” or “the trees defend themselves” are some of the slogans that the protesters have shouted. Eduardo Ramos, spokesperson for the Pasillo Verde Imperial neighborhood association, maintains that the City Council has been totally opaque: “In Arganzuela it occurred to them to change the Madrid Rio stop and they have told us that it is so as not to cut off traffic.

They changed the location to an area of ​​banana trees that are more than 50 years old." Neighbors believe the change in location of the stop follows an economic reason, to facilitate the exit and entry of construction trucks. According to the No a la Tala platform, this subway expansion threatens more than 1,200 trees . Activists Special Data have chained themselves around trees and climbed them to prevent them from being cut down. Ecologists in Action of Madrid has reported in The police intervened and two participants were arrested. The organizers point out that they wanted to neutralize a possible protest action for the COP28 being held in Dubai, like those that have been carried out in Valencia or Venice. Journalist Juanele Villanueva tells it from Arganzuela for Climática . tala metro arganzuela madrid Credit: Juanele Villanueva More than 40 countries join together to restore degraded rivers and wetlands and protect ecosystems .



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