News: City of London

After the floods – hunger and wrecked lives

October 29, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Six protestors arrested as insurer’s office is chalk-sprayed, the famous Gherkin building is occupied and insurance CEOs are branded climate criminals by a video van tour of the City of London as day two of Extinction Rebellion’s Insure Our Survival week hits the streets.

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The floods are here!

October 28, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

A pink boat sailed through the City of London as hundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists occupied world-famous buildings, staged climate crime scenes and mass die-ins and marched to demand insurers stop insuring climate breakdown. The actions kicked off a week of mass protests in the capital and across the UK calling on the insurance industry to stop insuring fossil fuel criminals who are heating up the planet and flooding our homes.

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Insurers given 14 days to dump fossil fuel criminals

October 14, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion announces its Insure Our Survival campaign by issuing an ultimatum letter to insurance industry bosses as the movement prepares a week of protests and actions in London and across the UK. Senior executives have been warned: “Make a pledge to get out of new oil, coal and gas – or face actions and protests.”

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