‘Climate lie factory that poisons democracy’ occupied by Extinction Rebellion

July 29, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion activists are occupying the central London offices of Policy Exchange, a climate crisis denial lobbyist funded by fossil fuel crooks that pretends to be a think tank. The protestors entered Policy Exchange’s notorious Westminster offices this morning (29 July) to demand an end to a campaign of lies and disinformation that has slowed climate action and led directly to long jail sentences for activists.

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Secret location for Extinction Rebellion’s mass occupation Upgrade Democracy revealed

July 08, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion can reveal today that Windsor Great Park in Berkshire - one of the monarch’s many residencies - will be the location of a three-day mass occupation called 'Upgrade Democracy', which will take place from Friday 30 August to Sunday 1 September. Our occupation at Windsor will not be targeting a person, it will target our broken system to advance our Third Demand that "The Government must create and be led by a Citizens’ Assembly on Climate and Ecological Justice."

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Extinction Rebellion announces mass occupation as general election result called, declaring “we need to upgrade our democracy, not just change the government”

July 05, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion has responded to the general election result by inviting people to join Upgrade Democracy - a three day mass occupation of a high-profile location from Friday 30 August to Sunday 1 September. As the result of the UK General Election is declared, our response is clear: it’s the system that needs to change, not the government.

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Restore Nature Now! Activists and environmental groups come together for largest march for nature ever seen

June 21, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

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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Landmark Supreme Court ruling slams brakes on all new fossil fuel projects

June 20, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

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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Climate Activists Support Port Talbot Steel Workers for Worker-Led Green Transition

June 17, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

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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Women who broke glass at JPMorgan sentenced after bank named top funder for fossil fuels

June 12, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

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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Climate activists blockade Farnborough private jet airport’s three main gates

June 02, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

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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UK public: Politicians not doing enough to protect our life support systems

May 22, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

As hundreds of thousands of people across the country prepare for what promises to be the biggest march to protect nature in a generation, new polling reveals that almost three-quarters of the public believe the government is failing to protect our country's nature, threatening our very life support systems and biodiversity.

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Extinction Rebellion responds to energy and arms lobbyist Lord Walney’s proposals to effectively ban protest groups which threaten his clients profits

May 21, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Responding to the publication today of the report by energy and arms lobbyist Lord Walney, a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion said: “We are a movement committed to non violence. If the government can come for a group that works this hard at peaceful protest, they can come for anyone. The real extremists undermining our democracy are the fossil fuel companies that have been fighting climate action for 40 years, capturing our politicians and keeping us locked into a 3C pathway that is already causing widespread death and suffering and will lead to the loss of everything we love. And the government is complicit in this.”

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