News: Press release

You Can’t Eat Money – Protest at BlackRock’s UK HQ, City of London

October 14, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Phone: 07495 297625  Email: media.xrbristol@protonmail.com  Extinction Rebellion (XR) calls on the world’s largest asset management company BlackRock to:  Wake up and smell your role in funding the burning of the Amazon and wildfires in the Arctic.  Stop investing immediately in the worst companies driving global deforestation.  Divest from fossil fuel stocks over…

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Extinction Rebellion Trials and Hearings this week (October 14th-18th)

October 14, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

37 Extinction Rebellion defendants are on trial this week  Eight trials begin for Section 14 offences during the April Rebellion; One trial begins for criminal damage at Downing Street last November; Verdict due in the trial of the Petroleum 9 for trespass and criminal damage in February A further 50 people are expected to be…

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Greta Thunberg ‘delivers’ the Emergency Queen’s Speech on the Houses of Parliament on eve of Queen’s Speech

October 14, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@risingup.org.ukNational Office Phone: +44(0)7986671716 / +44(0)7561098449 / +44(0)7804743058 / +44(0)77391 86640 / +44(0)7479234522 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowd Funder  | What emergency? | Extinction Rebellion in Numbers |This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook#EverybodyNow …

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Extinction Rebellion Target Institutions Funding Ecological Destruction in City of London

October 14, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion this morning are disrupting the system bankrolling the environmental crisis. The day started at 7am at Bank Junction when they blocked routes that financial district workers take to work.

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READ ALL ABOUT IT: Response to Mail on Sunday as 1000s come together for life on Earth

October 13, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Good morning!  Did the editors of the Mail, Sun and Telegraph go for drinks on Friday and decide to gang up on us? 😉 As week one of the Rebellion reaches a close, and Extinction Rebellion continues to generate headlines around the world, attacks from certain quarters of the media are beginning…

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DAY 5: The Rebellion flows like water

October 11, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@risingup.org.uk National Office Phone: +44(0)7986671716 / +44(0)7561098449 / +44(0)7804743058 / +44(0)77391 86640 / +44(0)7479234522 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowd Funder  | What emergency? | Extinction Rebellion in Numbers |This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook.

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Plan B highlights human rights abuses in policing of Extinction Rebellion

October 11, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@risingup.org.uk National Office Phone: +44(0)7986671716 / +44(0)7561098449 / +44(0)7804743058 / +44(0)77391 86640 / +44(0)7479234522 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowd Funder  | What emergency? | Extinction Rebellion in Numbers|This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook. #EverybodyNow …

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DAY 4: Meet the humans of Extinction Rebellion

October 10, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@risingup.org.uk National Office Phone: +44(0)7986671716 / +44(0)7561098449 / +44(0)7804743058 / +44(0)77391 86640 / +44(0)7479234522Numbers for local groups are at the bottom of this release Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowd Funder  | What emergency? | Extinction Rebellion in Numbers…

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Extinction Rebellion: We are scared

October 10, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +447459055152 / +447495726404 / +447944894190 / +447561098449Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowdfunder  | What emergency? | |This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook#EverybodyNow #TheTimeIsNow #ExtinctionRebellion “So kiss me and smile for meTell…

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