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Extinction Rebellion uses LinkedIn ads to ask former employees at Shell, HSBC and Exxon to Whistleblow for the Planet

March 05, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion has launched a LinkedIn ad campaign targeting ex-employees from climate-damaging companies, inviting them to share insider information through its whistleblowing platform TruthTeller.Life.

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‘This isn’t working – it’s time to ask for help’ – Extinction Rebellion UK statement on the Budget

March 03, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Today’s Budget announcement shows that below the surface of vague commitments to “low-carbon investment” the UK Government is continuing on the current course we have been warned is so dangerous. Not only will the government cut £1bn from net-zero spending intended to help insulate homes as part of the ‘Green Homes Grant’ scheme, they are also allowing airports to expand, new coal mines to be built and investment to flow from the UK’s banking and financial sector to new fossil fuel projects.

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THIS IS NOT WORKING: Extinction Rebellion statement on the UNFCCC report

February 26, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

In a week when we have heard from David Attenborough [2] and Boris Johnson [3] about the security risks of the climate crisis and the heightened possibility of war, there is no longer any argument that we urgently need change on an unprecedented scale. Yet the best world leaders have come up with are meagre pledges that get us nowhere near where we need to be.

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Is this what you call ‘world-leading’? Government applies to send climate lawyer to prison in the year UK to host UN climate summit

February 15, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

On Friday February 12 the UK government applied to send Tim Crosland - a lawyer and director of climate litigation charity Plan B, who has previously worked for various governmental organisations including the National Crime Agency - to prison for breaching the Supreme Court’s embargo on the judgement to allow the expansion of Heathrow airport. If convicted Tim could face up to two years in prison.

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Extinction Rebellion uses new activist tactics to invite insiders WFH to whistleblow on climate-damaging bosses

February 09, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion launches whistleblowing platform TruthTeller.Life and calls on employees at climate-damaging companies to Whistleblow for the Planet

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Extinction Rebellion to UK Special Envoy for Countering Violent Extremism, John Woodcock – ‘Why not give us a call?’

February 08, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

With the government's response to the pandemic coming under fire, and Boris Johnson being mocked by leading global scientists and politicians over his decision to open a new coal mine during a climate emergency, it seems appropriate today to launch an enquiry into the deaths caused by this government's policies today and in the future, rather than investigating nonviolent protesters for extremism.

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‘Won’t somebody please think of the children?’ – Extinction Rebellion dumps soil outside HSE in London demanding a safe eviction for the Euston tunnellers

February 08, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

BREAKING: A small group from Extinction Rebellion have dumped soil outside the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) offices in London this morning, the UK government agency responsible for issuing the health and safety guidelines for the eviction at Euston Square Gardens.

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‘Essential work should heal not harm’: Extinction Rebellion climb HS2 Ltd building to stand in solidarity with Euston tunnellers

February 02, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

BREAKING: At daybreak this morning, 4 people from Extinction Rebellion used ladders to climb onto the canopy of the HS2 Ltd offices on Eversholt Street in London to display a banner that read ‘Essential work should heal not harm’.

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Activists use Barclaycards to make reparations on bank’s behalf in Money Rebellion’s #RepairHarm debt strike

January 21, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Today, activists from Money Rebellion (a group within Extinction Rebellion) and Animal Rebellion have taken on credit card debt to pay reparations on behalf of Barclays, calling on the bank to cancel the debt and start repairing the harm they and the wider financial system are causing. Leading the action is GP Sarah Benn, who has made a video explaining why she is taking this action.

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