News: Press release

Extinction Rebellion UK – Thank you for having our backs

January 24, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@risingup.org.ukPhone: 07979971209 | 07482729729 | 07561098449Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | #ExtinctionRebellion  Well that was getting a bit scary wasn’t it! One day we wake up to find we’re extremists, the next not, then ish, then not. Thankfully now the matter has been…

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Extinction Rebellion comment on CCC’s Land Use report

January 23, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Dagan James of XR Farmers said: “Radical and far reaching policies for farming need to be put in place urgently. The CCC report is moving in the right direction, but for farming to become part of the solution to the climate and ecological emergency, we need to go much further. [1] “We…

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Extinction Rebellion comes to VAULT Festival as part of a packed programme of climate-related shows

January 23, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@risingup.org.ukPhone: 07731425077 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowdfunder#VAULTFestival #ExtinctionRebellion #CultureDeclaresEmergency #MusicDeclaresEmergency #ActNow #TellTheTruth VAULT Festival returns from Tue 28 Jan – 22 Mar, when they will be joined by Extinction Rebellion with an enormous focus on eco shows plays, talks and…

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Extinction Rebellion welcomes Climate Assembly UK, but mourns its lack of urgency and agency.

January 22, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@risingup.org.uk | Phone: 07979971209 | 07482729729 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | New – Crowdfund the #ElectionRebellion! #ExtinctionRebellion #UpgradeDemocracy #BeyondPolitics Friday 24 January sees the launch of Climate Assembly UK – a citizens’ assembly commissioned by six parliamentary select committees. This assembly does not meet…

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Extinction Rebellion UK’s response to Rolling Stone story on radiation in the oil and gas industry

January 21, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@risingup.org.ukPhone:  07561098449 / 07479234522 / 07802865819 / 07482729729Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowdfunder#ExtinctionRebellion #ActNow #TellTheTruth This news from Rolling Stone is devastating. We thank them for their work in uncovering this story that the public and particularly workers in…

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Rebels mass to prevent tree felling

January 18, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion activists have begun to mass in the Colne Valley, to prevent the felling of woodland planned by HS2 this weekend. The Rebels join longstanding activists from StopHS2 and Save Colne Valley to oppose the proposed operation. Hundreds of tree protectors are expected over the weekend, vowing to stop the trees from being chopped down, while adhering strictly to peaceful, non-violent principles and tactics.

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This is ‘Crude Divisive Dangerous’ – Response from Extinction Rebellion to Police’s ‘Run Hide Tell’ poster

January 17, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

This ‘who’s who’ poster listing of groups in the UK that the police are telling people to ‘Run Hide Tell’ on is totally bonkers. Unfortunately it is not surprising.

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‘Stain on their history’ – Extinction Rebellion UK turns Siemens into crime scene over Adani mine

January 16, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

From 9am today, dozens of people from Extinction Rebellion UK have turned Siemens London office into a ‘crime scene’, following its decision to continue providing railway signalling services to the Adani coal mine in Queensland, Australia.[1]

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Extinction Rebellion and StopHS2 join forces to save Colne Valley’s trees from HS2 destruction

January 15, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

This weekend (17-20th January), Save Colne Valley, Extinction Rebellion and Stop HS2 join forces to save the trees that HS2 plans to fell along Harvil Road and along the Chiltern Trainline (UB9 6JW). This follows a failed attempt in April 2019 by HS2 to remove the trees stopped by an earlier joint action on a smaller scale, when protesters took to the trees. [1]

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