Dear rebels, Happy new year (as happy as starting another year in a climate crisis can be ..) and welcome to our first UK newsletter of 2020! The start of a new year and a new decade brings with it a momentous opportunity to start on a new journey towards…
Dear Rebels, Welcome to our first International Newsletter of the year. As a new decade dawns, we are faced with a world already on the brink of disaster. However, amid the grief and flames there are so many of us fighting hard to make this decade the one that finally…
From 1956 to Today | Nigeria With the UK government’s pre-election declaration of a moratorium on fracking, now would be a good time to look at the situation of people around the world who haven’t been so lucky and continue to bear the brunt of the energy-intensive demands of…
On the eve of National Tree Day, 28th November, 40 student activists planted 120 trees around Bath University Campus. The following day, National Tree Day, most of them were uprooted by university staff. The Extinction Rebellion student activist group is asking that the University takes the climate and ecological…
Dearest rebels, welcome to the last XR Newsletter of the year – and indeed, the decade. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for everything you do. Whether you are a donor, volunteer, brave arrestable or quiet supporter, rest assured you are vital to the movement and…
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 FebruaryA further 50 people are…
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Two of the UK’s most prominent theatrical companies have cut their ties with some of the world’s largest oil multinationals following threats from supporters to boycott the institutions. On 2 October, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) confirmed it would end its partnership with BP at the close of 2019.
Vested interests have diluted the message of climate scientists for years, a new report has found. This has been revealed at the same time as the release of new data from world-renowned researchers that exposes the fossil fuel companies that have continued to contribute to the climate and ecological crisis,…
During the April Rebellion, over 1,000 people were arrested. Teachers and tradesmen, doctors and carers, gardeners and psychotherapists, teenagers and grandparents: Ordinary people of every age from every walk of life, and from around the country helped sound the alarm on the climate and ecological crisis. Nearly all of those…