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Insurance conference blockade heralds nationwide week of action

report shows real world success of insurance campaigns headline sponsor Axa’s reputation slips Early photos | Best photos | Contact: +44(0)7756136396 | New IOS websiteSupporters of Extinction Rebellion’s Insure Our Survival campaign have this morning (Thursday 3 July) blockaded the main entrance to the Energy Insurance London conference [1] in Blackfriars with a five-metre banner.

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Insure Our Survival Campaign Marks First Anniversary with Nationwide Wave of Action Targeting Fossil Fuel Insurers

For immediate release. This July, the Insure Our Survival (IOS) campaign marks one powerful year of mobilisation. Over the past 12 months, IOS has coordinated more than 150 actions, targeting 27 insurance firms in over 40 towns and cities. Now, the momentum is accelerating. From 2-14 July, a UK-wide Wave of Action will ramp up pressure on the insurers enabling climate destruction. Across the country, activists will expose the “dirty insurers” underwriting and brokering some of the world’s most devastating fossil fuel projects.

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Climate activists occupy WPP’s HQ to demand global ad giant cuts its ties to Big Oil

Early Media: 20230625 CTT Early Media share folder Picture Link: https://show.pics.io/xr-global-media-breaking-news/search?collectionIds=685a7d433ec00754ba953d8e Media Contact: Carol 07791 737093 For immediate release The activists, from climate campaign group Cut The Ties to Fossil Fuels, also call on Government to ban fossil fuel advertising Today (25 June), climate activists have taken over the headquarters of advertising agency…

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Three arrested as women and FINT protesters hold topless blockade at Lakenheath air base

XR UK press office: +44(0)7756136396 | press@extinctionrebellion.uk Action photos | Lakenheath Peace Camp photos and videos At 9:30am this morning, twelve women, intersex, non-binary and trans activists – aged from 24 to 91 – held a topless blockade of the main gate of RAF Lakenheath, denouncing the deadly entanglements between military emissions,…

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