Delegates at Europe’s largest insurance brokers conference were greeted today at Manchester Central by environmental groups demanding the industry stops backing fossil fuel projects.
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Five people go on trial today for alleged conspiracy to commit criminal damage at the headquarters of News UK (formerly News International) in July 2022. Two of them carefully broke windows while the other three flyposted newspaper articles. The alleged window breakers today call out media leaders for their role in the climate emergency that poses an existential threat to not just the global economy but to all life on Earth.
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Extinction Rebellion Cambridge and others are holding a mock funeral for the 1.5°C target international policymakers signed up to in the Paris Agreement of 2015. A spokesperson said: "Crossing 1.5°C for a whole calendar year is a wake up call for the world. If we want to avoid crossing further tipping points we need a complete transformation of society."
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Five people go on trial on Monday 12 May at Southwark Crown Court for alleged conspiracy to commit criminal damage at the headquarters of News UK (formerly News International) in July 2022. Two carefully broke windows while the other three flyposted newspaper articles. The Sun, The Times and other News UK outlets are suppressing facts about the climate crisis and peddling climate delayism. We need an urgent media revolution so people are told the truth about the climate emergency leading to more ambitious action.
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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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Early Media | Picture Link Media Contact: +44(0)7756136396 | press@extinctionrebellion.uk Kids use their school holidays to protest multinational oil giant Protesters single out BP CEO Murray Auchincloss with WANTED posters Chris Pakcham says BP’s U-turn shows oil companies will burn the planet unless we stop them Activists aged 4 to 83…
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Extinction Rebellion activists are occupying McKinsey & Company’s London headquarters to demand it cuts all ties to its fossil fuel industry clients and starts putting planet before profit.
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For a second day running, Extinction Rebellion (XR UK) protesters have targeted insurance companies in the City of London, asking ‘Who are the real criminals?’ [1] ahead of this afternoon’s appeal for the ‘Lord Walney 16’ nonviolent activists at the High Court. This morning (30th January) scores of protesters arrived from 8am to occupy the offices of Marsh McLennan, and target the CEOs and offices of Lloyd’s of London, Howden, Willis Towers Watson, AXA, and Hiscox - as staff arrived for work.
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Climate activists have this morning disrupted an insurance industry conference held at Howden's offices by interrupting proceedings, singing, theatre, occupying the entrance hall and blowing whistles.
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Extinction Rebellion is today (4 December) occupying the City of London headquarters of international law firm A&O Shearman that is playing a leading role in oiling the legal wheels of the deadly fossil fuel machine setting our planet on fire.
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