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Labour Government Must Now Respond To Parliamentary Petition Demanding An End To The Capture Of The UK’s Democracy By Media Billionaires

May 13, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

Press contact: DMC@MediaSovereignty.org+44 (0)7947884299 After just seven weeks, a Parliamentary Petition demanding that the government pass the Media Sovereignty Act has reached the necessary threshold of 10,000 signatures. This means that the Labour government now has to state its position on the domination of British politics, through the hijacking of…

Action to raise awareness of the Rivenhall Incinerator

April 29, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

This Saturday members of Extinction Rebellion groups from across the East of England came together to make the local public aware of the incinerator on their doorstep. The Rivenhall Incinerator was built in Essex in 2025 by Belgium-owned Indaver, which has already been accused of greenwashing and is embroiled in controversy after failing to adhere to the site’s initial planning permission, which involved building recycling facilities adjoining the incinerator.

Earth Day Coalition Closes Whitehall: “Everything we love depends on a liveable planet”

April 22, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

Hi-Resolution Press Assets: https://show.pics.io/xr-global-media-breaking-news/search?collectionIds=69e9e39eb8a2f01f8324d483⁩Press Contact: press@extinctionrebellion.co.uk HUNDREDS GATHER IN CENTRAL LONDON FOR EARTH DAY: FAITH GROUPS, ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS AND PARLIAMENTARIANS UNITE IN CALL FOR CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR AND AN END TO FOSSIL FUEL EXPANSION On a…

Christians ‘die’ outside St Paul’s in call for Archbishops to speak out to stop the Rosebank oilfield

February 20, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

Images available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u7jmOXNuVSBm5XsMoacGuTRJIRde-H6j  For more information please contact Christian Climate Action on christianclimateaction@gmail.com or 07427770385. Christian climate activists ‘died’ on the steps of St Paul’s on the 18th and 19th February to call on Church of England leaders to urge the Government to refuse the Rosebank oilfield…

Extinction Rebellion ‘Closes the Door’ on government inaction over 1.5°C target

December 20, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Apocalypse Theatrics’s Oil Slick performers glided in triangular formation through Whitehall this morning, pausing at key entrances to mark what they describe as a critical turning point: the passing of the 1.5°C Paris climate goal. To mark the first phase in XRUK’s Trilogy campaign the Oil Slicks paused at the entrances of three influential establishments, symbolically closing the door on institutions they say have failed to act on scientific warnings.

Security, dogs and silent protest: Why Westfield shut down a festive message of hope that a better world is possible

December 09, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Red Rebels shut out of Westfield Shopping Centre as Extinction Rebellion UK activists display banners reading  “No Shopping on a Dead Planet” and “A Better World is Possible” Hi-Resolution Press Assets https://show.pics.io/xr-global-media-breaking-newsXRUK Press Contact: Marianna (+44) 7827922444 media@extinctionrebellion.co.uk On Saturday 6th December, Extinction Rebellion’s Red…

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