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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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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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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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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The rioting and looting scarring our streets and terrorising some of our most vulnerable communities has shocked us all to the core. Extinction Rebellion UK is devastated by these callous acts of violence and we are all left fearful for the wellbeing and safety of our friends. XRUK stands in solidarity with all people affected…
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A courageous Extinction Rebellion activist who stopped a freight train carrying 2,500 tonnes of wood pellets to the DRAX power station in Selby, Yorkshire, walked free from court today despite being found guilty of a criminal charge with a maximum two-year jail term.
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Extinction Rebellion South East activists have scaled the offices of East Sussex County Council (ESCC) in Lewes today (9 July) to demand the council stops investing local peoples' pensions in fossil fuels.
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Today members of Extinction Rebellion London and Money Rebellion gathered outside Wimbledon Centre Court to expose Barclays greenwashing. John McEnroe look-alikes challenged the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC): ‘You cannot be serious!’ Last year, the AELTC signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with Barclays – which is funding the destruction of ancient forests, fuelling climate…
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This election should have been the Climate and Nature Election. Our outdated political system blocks the rapid climate and environmental action we need. Citizens' assemblies can break the deadlock and nonviolent civil disobedience can speed up change. That’s why we’re holding a mass occupation between Friday 30 August and Sunday 1 September.
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The UK’s top insurers were forced to face up to their lethal role in climate breakdown at their annual awards ceremony last night (Wednesday 3 July)) as Extinction Rebellion launched Insure Our Survival, a sustained campaign of nonviolent direct action demanding the insurance industry pull the plug on new oil, gas and coal ventures.
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