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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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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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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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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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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BBC TV presenter and wildlife campaigner Chris Packham, and the government’s former Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir David King, yesterday (2 May) joined MPs, scientists and residents, to issue a series of warnings against Gatwick Airport’s expansion plans during the hearing into Gatwick’s expansion plans.
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Extinction Rebellion, BBC Wildlife legend Chris Packham, a wide-range of nature, wildlife and climate groups, including RSPB and the National Trust, and tens of thousands of members of the public will ‘unite for nature’ by joining a legal and family-friendly demonstration on the streets of central London on Saturday 22 June 2024. The demonstration aims to be the biggest-ever gathering of nature and climate supporters in the UK. The march will call on all political parties to take action to restore nature and tackle climate change in the UK.
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Extinction Rebellion UK launches its annual Porky Pie Press Awards for the worst newspaper climate and ecological emergency coverage
Read full postA dramatic street theatre performance will take place throughout the streets of Bath on Saturday 20 April to mark the devastating decline of the natural world in the lead up to Earth Day on 22 April, an annual event which engages up to a billion people around the world each year.
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Doctors belonging to the Planetary Health Coalition have joined together with members of the public today ( 18 April) to demonstrate outside the General Medical Council (GMC) in protest at its lack of leadership over climate change’s dangerous implications for public health.
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