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MSPs join activists to call out BP’s corruption of Holyrood

May 30, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

John Swinney, Scotland’s First Minister, seems to be saying the right things. Just earlier this month he condemned “anti-science climate denial” as he said the climate crisis is “one of the greatest global issues of our time”. But is this nothing more than empty words? [1] In one of the largest reviews of…

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Climate campaigners disrupt insurance brokers’ conference for third year

May 26, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion's Insure Our Survival campaign kept up the pressure on delegates to the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) - Europe’s largest insurance brokers conference - with a colourful, day-long dramatic protest demanding they boycott deals with fossil fuel insurers and fossil fuel projects.

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We are scientists, and we are taking action!

May 01, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Today sees the free-to-view release of Plan Z: From Lab Coats to Handcuffs, a short but urgent film in which scientists share what compelled them to direct action —and why they are willing to risk their liberty to fight for change. Watch now on YouTube.

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Drop kick Howden out of Rugby!

March 27, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

The pushback against climate-wrecking insurance companies sports-washing their reputations by sponsoring rugby, kicked off when Extinction Rebellion Cymru staged a comedy rugby match before the Wales vs. England Six Nations rugby match at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. Wearing snorkels and flippers to signify the danger of increased flooding, activists staged a mock rugby match accompanied by comedy commentary and samba drummers outside the stadium. The creative action marks the start of a series of interventions aiming to drop kick Howden out of rugby.

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Our energy bills are torching the planet

March 04, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Activists from Extinction Rebellion North and Axe Drax staged a banner-burning action on the day that tree-burning power station Drax announced earnings of over one billion pounds in 2024. The action called for an end to public money to burning trees for electricity. The action came the day after the Climate…

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Protestors blockade Farnborough Airport to protest plans to double private jet flights

February 06, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Local residents and climate activists blocked Farnborough Airport this week to protest against the proposed expansion of the airport which will almost double the number of private jet flights to 70,000 a year, in a move which blatantly ignores the climate crisis.

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XRUK Strategy 2025-26

February 03, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

As XRUK has evolved, so has our ability to dedicate time and energy to the depth of thought and work that the movement needs and deserves in its strategy. This strategy is rooted in research and evidence, built on the reality of what this movement is at this time – not what it used…

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It’s 2025… now what?

January 17, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Lack of action is a death sentence for millions of people, including people right here in the UK. XRUK on 2025, at a glance: It’s now official that in 2024, global average temperatures exceeded the target limit of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Meanwhile, the mega rich billionaires in the world…

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Insure Our Survival – how the week unfolded

November 21, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

As climate floods in Spain claimed hundreds of lives, thousands of us demanded insurers stop enabling the industries that are destroying our world. Our week of action against the insurance industry starting 28 October 2024 was part of an ongoing international campaign which is forcing the sector to pull the plug on the…

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