Drop kick Howden out of Rugby!

March 27, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

The pushback against climate-wrecking insurance companies sports-washing their reputations by sponsoring rugby, kicked off when Extinction Rebellion Cymru staged a comedy rugby match before the Wales vs. England Six Nations rugby match at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. Wearing snorkels and flippers to signify the danger of increased flooding, activists staged a mock rugby match accompanied by comedy commentary and samba drummers outside the stadium. The creative action marks the start of a series of interventions aiming to drop kick Howden out of rugby.

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Our energy bills are torching the planet

March 04, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Activists from Extinction Rebellion North and Axe Drax staged a banner-burning action on the day that tree-burning power station Drax announced earnings of over one billion pounds in 2024. The action called for an end to public money to burning trees for electricity. The action came the day after the Climate Change Committee…

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Join XRUK at Lakenheath Alliance For Peace

February 26, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Join XRUK at the camp organised by Lakenheath Alliance For Peace, culminating in a blockade of the largest US airbase in Europe.

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Protestors blockade Farnborough Airport to protest plans to double private jet flights

February 06, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Local residents and climate activists blocked Farnborough Airport this week to protest against the proposed expansion of the airport which will almost double the number of private jet flights to 70,000 a year, in a move which blatantly ignores the climate crisis.

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XRUK Strategy 2025-26

February 03, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

As XRUK has evolved, so has our ability to dedicate time and energy to the depth of thought and work that the movement needs and deserves in its strategy. This strategy is rooted in research and evidence, built on the reality of what this movement is at this time – not what it used to…

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It’s 2025… now what?

January 17, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Lack of action is a death sentence for millions of people, including people right here in the UK. XRUK on 2025, at a glance: Yes it’s 2025, no we are not backing down Yes, we were right to call for net zero by 2025 as per our Second Demand – the evidence is everywhere…

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Insure Our Survival – how the week unfolded

November 21, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

As climate floods in Spain claimed hundreds of lives, thousands of us demanded insurers stop enabling the industries that are destroying our world. Our week of action against the insurance industry starting 28 October 2024 was part of an ongoing international campaign which is forcing the sector to pull the plug on the fossil fuel…

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News from the Strategy Team

September 26, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

How on earth do you do strategy in a decentralised mass movement?  Extinction Rebellion UK has grappled with this question since we began. Over the years strategy has been designed in a number of ways, with varying degrees of success. Each iteration has been an opportunity for reflection and learning.  Learning from our experience and…

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COP 16: Extinction Rebellion and allies call for fair policies to protect the people and environment in the Global South from corporate greed

September 16, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion is calling on concerned citizens, and environmental and social organisations to make their voices heard this year at COP 16 by signing its letter urging the UK delegation to put their weight behind four key environmental demands.

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Upgrade Democracy – A democracy bootcamp in Windsor

September 16, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

The three days in Windsor signalled things to come from XR UK, with a heavy focus on our failing political system and an urgent need to create a system that is inclusive, fair, and long-term. The weekend in Windsor may be done, but our work to Upgrade Democracy is far from over!

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