Email: press@extinctionrebellion.uk Phone: +44(0)7756136396 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Donate Media Assets – Will be coming through once march gets underway, roughly 14:00 Direct action groups and major nature charities stand side by side to demand immediate action to restore nature. Activists from Extinction Rebellion…
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A game-changing ruling by the Supreme Court that planning permission for oil drilling at Horse Hill in Surrey is unlawful has shown that grass-roots non-violent direct action - branded ‘extremist’ by newspaper and TV talking heads - is winning.
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A landmark decision by the Supreme Court today (20 June) has raised major barriers to all new fossil fuel projects across England and Wales, including the proposed new coal mine in Cumbria and the Rosebank oil field in the North Sea.
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Amy Pritchard was sentenced to 10 months in prison on 12th June 2024, the day after filming this piece. This followed her brave action where she and four others cracked the windows of JP Morgan bank to draw attention to the incredible harm their investments are causing. The bank was identified as the largest…
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There’s lots of different organisations and groups pushing for a new way of doing politics in the UK that involves assemblies. Here’s a bit more about them. Extinction Rebellion UK Extinction Rebellion UK’s central demand is for everyday people to make decisions on how to move forward in the climate and ecological emergency. To do…
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The Supreme Court will rule this Thursday (20 June) on a case brought by climate activist Sarah Finch which, if successful, will see major restrictions placed on all new fossil fuel projects across England and Wales, including the proposed new coal mine in Cumbria and development of the Rosebank oil field in the North Sea.
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Extinction Rebellion (XR), Extinction Rebellion Cymru and other climate justice groups join the workers of the Tata steel plant in Port Talbot, south Wales,
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Just weeks after JPMorgan Chase was identified as by far the largest lender to fossil fuel companies in 2023, five women from Extinction Rebellion who “broke glass in case of climate emergency” at the bank’s European headquarters have been sentenced for what the bank claimed to be £306,000 worth of criminal damage. Meanwhile all defendants have lodged appeals and pressure mounts on Judge Silas Reid.
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Extinction Rebellion climate activists are blocking access to Farnborough Airport this morning (Sunday 2 June) to protest against the increasing use of highly polluting private jets by the super-rich and to call on the government to ban private jets, tax frequent flyers and make polluters pay.
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