News: Actions

Insurance actions around the UK

March 04, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Round up of actions targeting the insurance companies during XR's Insurance Week of Actions. Reaching out to the insurance industry to stop insuring fossil fuels. From Brighton to Leicester, Bristol to Glasgow, Chipping Norton to Bridgend.

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Extinction Rebellion protest in solidarity with climate and human rights movements

February 29, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

AXA going the right direction, but the pressure is on - they are still one of the worst insurers in the world in terms of fossil fuels.

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Love means…stop insuring climate chaos

February 14, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

“Roses are red, violets are blue. Stop insuring fossil fuel crooks or we’ll come after you.” Extinction Rebellion issues a Valentine’s Day warning that insurance industry firms will be targeted by escalating protest and disruption from February 26 unless they stop greenlighting fossil fuel projects setting the planet on fire. XR are staging four days of protests from February 27 as participants in the Insure Our Future Global Week of Action. Chidi Obihara of Extinction Rebellion said: “Just 20 companies insure 70% of fossil fuel projects. Many of these companies are based in the City of London, or in cities and towns across the UK. Thousands of us will pay them a visit during our week of actions to convince them to abandon the oil, gas and coal industry completely."

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Painting the streets to bring the message home

January 12, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Paint the Streets re-launched at the end of December 2023, and we've seen some brilliant XR style colour popping up all over the UK...

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Empty shoes for lost lives: Extinction Rebellion’s heartbreak plea for a ceasefire in Gaza

November 11, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

XR parents place hundreds of childrens' shoes in Trafalgar Square and call for immediate ceasefire In a moving ceremony in London’s Trafalgar Square today (Saturday), parents from Extinction Rebellion placed hundreds of empty childrens’ shoes at the world-famous landmark to represent all the young Israeli and Palestinian lives lost in the ongoing fighting.

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Stop the hate action – Home Office, Marsham Street, London12 noon, Saturday 4 November 2023

November 05, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

Suella Braverman’s talk of a ‘hurricane’ of refugees coming into Britain has crossed a line. Through divisive language and actions, Braverman, the Home Secretary and Conservative MP for Fareham, has united communities to take to the streets and demand she steps down immediately #BravermanOut.  A collective of movements and organisations is united in…

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Extinction Rebellion tells PR company Edelman to #TellTheTruth about fossil fuel ties

March 07, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@extinctionrebellion.uk Phone: +44(0)7756136396 Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Media Assets | Donate #21April #UniteToSurvive #TellTheTruth #CutTheTies #ExtinctionRebellion Extinction Rebellion (XR) targeted Edelman, the world’s largest PR agency, at its UK offices in London today to call out greenwashing and deliver a message loud and clear…

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Seeing Blue: Extinction Rebellion’s Blue Light Policy

September 02, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion has always let through emergency service vehicles, so where does the myth of our blocking ambulances come from?

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What has XR’s City of London Protests got to do with the Immediate Demand?

August 31, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

The Immediate Demand is the 'least radical thing XR has called for'. So what's the point? And what has it got to do with the actions in the City of London?

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