Press
This is the official source for Extinction Rebellion UK news,
press releases, updates, images & videos.
Email: press@extinctionrebellion.uk
Phone: +44(0)7756136396
Statement on Zion Lights, Michael Shellenberger and the Breakthrough Institute
There have been a number of stories in the press in the last few weeks with criticisms about Extinction Rebellion by Zion Lights, UK director of the pro-nuclear lobby group Environmental Progress. It appears that Lights is engaged in a deliberate PR campaign to discredit Extinction Rebellion.
Statement on Printworks Action from participating rebels
The mainstream media has failed to report on the reasons for this protest, ignoring previous press releases. So we're putting our reasons here. Plainly and simply.
Politicians, QCs, economists, writers, artists, actors, musicians, comedians, business owners and even an Olympic Gold medalist condemn Government failure and pledge support for Extinction Rebellion.
More than one hundred cultural and political leaders have signed a letter condemning multiple Government failures and pledging support for the aims and successes of Extinction Rebellion.
According to YouGov poll, UK public think we do not have a free press
Extinction Rebellion has been accused of an “assault on the free press” for our action at the Broxbourne and Knowsley printworks on Friday. But how free is our “free press”? We decided to ask the UK public.
Can’t Bare the Truth? Extinction Rebellion call on Government to communicate the risks of a 4°C world
At 9:30am on 10 September a group of 30 women from Extinction Rebellion have locked-on to Parliament railings using D-locks around their necks, with a banner reading ‘Can’t Bare the Truth?’ and wearing face masks branded with ‘4°C’. Across their bare chests they have exposed the near-term consequences of a 4°C hotter world, including ‘war’, ‘drought’, ‘starvation’, ‘wild-fires’, ‘violence’ and ‘famine’.
Extinction Rebellion support Climate Assembly UK’s call for society to be better informed about the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Commissioned by six Select Committees of the House of Commons [3], the assembly was tasked to look at specific aspects of life and society and recommend how these could be adapted to reach zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
“Spine-chilling” and “Stalinist” – Baroness, MPs and former counter-terrorism policeman speak out against reclassifying Extinction Rebellion as serious organised crime
Since Extinction Rebellion closed roads around Broxbourne and Knowsley printing press on Friday night, the mainstream media, commentators and politicians have been calling for far-reaching powers to limit the right to protest.
Organised crime? Take a look at the man who has a monopoly on British media and the ear of our politicians
Civil disobedience is often celebrated in hindsight but it is rarely popular with the establishment in the moment. The Prime Minister’s suggestion that Extinction Rebellion should be reclassified as a serious crime organisation is ridiculous.
UPDATE: We do not have a free press
At 11am, the time they planned to end their blockade, the small group of protesters left blocking Broxbourne Printworks this morning have come down from the trucks and bamboo scaffolds and have been arrested. 48 people in total have been arrested at Broxbourne and many newspapers have been stalled from getting to their destination. Knowsley in Liverpool has been cleared with 21 arrests and the last few people taken away by police. The Glasgow blockade was cleared around midnight with no arrests.
Quarter of English Football Stadiums ‘Unplayable’ by 2050 due to Climate Change
Commencing with a 1pm kick-off this Saturday, football fans and environmental activists host ‘pop-up’ football matches on the streets of London to raise awareness of the relationship between football and the climate crisis. This action is aimed at Barclays who invest more money into fossil fuel projects than any other European bank, whilst remaining the Official Banking Partner of the Premier League.
BREAKING: Extinction Rebellion blocks News Corps Printworks and demands they ‘Free the Truth’
As the printing presses crank up, Extinction Rebellion groups in North London and Liverpool are taking on the titans of the media industry.
Citizens Assemble – Roving Interactive Hive Invites Public to Experience Deliberative Democracy
Westminster’s not working. But for many of us it’s hard to imagine anything beyond our current political system. And yet, as the climate and ecological emergency worsens, the need to upgrade our democracy becomes ever more acute. That’s why Extinction Rebellion is demanding that the UK Government create and be led by a Citizens’ Assembly on Climate and Ecological Justice.