News: Climate action

‘Stop insuring new fossil fuels – or face direct action’

July 04, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

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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Chris Packham and Sir David King slam disastrous Gatwick Airport expansion plans at planning inquiry

May 03, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

BBC TV presenter and wildlife campaigner Chris Packham, and the government’s former Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir David King, yesterday (2 May) joined MPs, scientists and residents, to issue a series of warnings against Gatwick Airport’s expansion plans during the hearing into Gatwick’s expansion plans.

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Doctors and patients blow whistle on medical regulator’s inaction on climate

April 18, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Doctors belonging to the Planetary Health Coalition have joined together with members of the public today ( 18 April) to demonstrate outside the General Medical Council (GMC) in protest at its lack of leadership over climate change’s dangerous implications for public health.

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Shane MacGowan’s widow urges The Pogues and her 49,000 followers to help get ‘We Tried’ to Christmas No.1 spot

December 20, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

The recently widowed wife of Shane MacGowan is calling on The Pogues and her 49.000 followers on social media to back activist Louisie Harris' bid to get her climate song “We Tried”into this year's Christmas Number One slot.

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Barclays banks superglued shut in nationwide action against climate criminals

November 27, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

Barclays' branches across the UK encountered a sticky situation this morning (27th November), as staff arrived to discover climate activists from Extinction Rebellion sister organisation Money Rebellion and allied groups had glued the doors shut at almost 50 branches.

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Climate activists demand insurers Chubb and AIG rule out underwriting fossil fuel projects in Africa

November 10, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

A coalition of activists took a “RISKOMETER” to the doors of Chubb and AIG Insurers today (10th November) to demonstrate the hazards of insuring oil and gas projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) jeopardising company reputations, people and the planet.

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XR occupies Daily Telegraph offices

November 10, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion today (10 November) peacefully occupied the offices of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers to protest about their campaign of lies and disinformation aimed at stopping urgent action to tackle the accelerating climate crisis.

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Extinction Rebellion five years on – The birthday we never wanted

October 31, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

Five years ago a group of rebels came together in open rebellion against the UK Government for its inaction on the Climate and Ecological Emergency. We have been in Rebellion ever since.

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News from a World in Flux Ep. 1: Net Zero’s not enough and the war on climate action

August 17, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion's co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime.

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