
Hundreds of environmental protesters took to the Cornish seaside to draw the attention of world leaders and the international media outlets that have descended on southwest England for the Group of Seven summit. A crowd of surfers, kayakers and swimmers gathered Saturday on a beach in Falmouth for a mass “paddle out protest” organized by a group campaigning for more action to protect oceans. Earlier, activists from Oxfam assembled on the beach to protest climate change and put on masks depicting the leaders attending the G-7 summit. The leaders from seven wealthy democracies are meeting near the town of St. Ives for talks focusing on the pandemic and climate change.