France: Extinction Rebellion activists occupy Lafarge concrete plant

C/U A truck enters Lafarge cement plant, Paris
M/S Protesters taking protest materials out of van, Paris
C/U Extinction Rebellion's logo on dustbin
M/S Protesters getting organised with hay bales
C/U Signs made by protesters and protesters passing flags
SOT, Raf, Extinction Rebellion activist (French): "Today we will block this site as Extinction Rebellion. It is a special opportunity to alert the public about concrete and its dangers. It makes a lot of CO2, so we are here today to block this site and warn people about this."
W/S Protesters climb stairs
M/S Protesters preparing
C/U Extinction Rebellion members put on overalls
C/U Construction worker films protesters
W/S Banner showing logo reads (French): "End the ecocides"
SOT, Totoro, Extinction Rebellion activist (French): "Of course Lafarge is not a random target, it's a company that is known for corruption and also for financing ISIS. That's still an ongoing practice as we speak. For us, it is of course a symbolic company, just like Vinci, Bouygues, Faj, all major French companies who are all involved in things like patronage appointments."
M/S Activists lying on ground with banners, chanting (French): "Liberal ecology is a capitalist lie"
M/S Protester paints cement mixer
C/U Protester shows plans, paint will read (French): "Cement lies, leave sand to the sea"
M/S Activist splashes paint on truck
M/S Activists splash paint on truck
W/S Protesters climbing the building
M/S Activists chant "Free the cyclists trapped in their cars"
M/S Extinction Rebellion members make music
W/S Extinction Rebellion members make music
C/U Extinction Rebellion flag
C/U Extinction Rebellion activists
W/S A huge banner reads "STOP"
SOT, Totoro, Extinction Rebellion activist: "From cement to construction sites, the impact of the BTP industry is terrible in terms of health and represents a serious threat to the ecosystem. In France, three companies are among the 10 worst pollutors. Lafarge accounts for 4.1 percent of CO2 pollution while Italcementi and Vicat account for 3 percent and 2 percent respectively which in total accounts for about 10 percent of CO2 emissions in France. Cement production reaches 4.2 billion tonnes every year worldwide, that means two kilos of cement are produced per person every day."
M/S Graffiti can be seen
W/S A huge banner reads "STOP"
SCRIPT
Activists from the Extinction Rebellion group occupied a Lafarge concrete plant in Paris' 15th district on Monday morning, in an attempt to disrupt operations at the site as part of an environmental protest.
Every day, trucks leave the concrete production plant in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the south-west of Paris, to supply the biggest sites in the region. This Monday morning, however, Extinction Rebellion activists attempted to blockade the plant and disrupt its activities.
One activist, Totoro, told reporters exactly why they are targeting the cement industry. "In France, three companies are among the 10 worst pollutors. Lafarge accounts for 4.1 percent of CO2 pollution while Italcementi and Vicat account for three percent and two percent respectively which in total accounts for about 10 percent of CO2 emissions in France," he said.
Dressed in white overalls, several activists threw brightly coloured paint on the concrete trucks and wrote slogans such as "Cement lies, leave sand to the sea" on them. Others tied themselves to trucks and more activists blocked entrances and exits while their colleagues hung huge banners reading "STOP" on the plant.
"Today we will block this site as Extinction Rebellion. It is a special opportunity to alert the public about concrete and its dangers," stated Raf, an Extinction Rebellion activist.