News: climate crisis

XR rebel who stopped a planet-wrecking train walks free from court

July 22, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

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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2024: Now we step it up

January 01, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

2023 wasn’t a good year for the planet and all life on earth. In 2024 we are stepping it up.

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XR UK on COP 28: ‘Our hopes were low – but COP went lower’

December 14, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

We never had high hopes for COP 28. So we are sadly unsurprised at the wholly inadequate outcome of the conference now that it’s done. According to the delegates, and most notably the oil tycoon Sultan Al Jaber, the world will ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels in energy systems. But…

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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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The Power to Change with Margaret Atwood and Richard Black

April 04, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

While Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil are holding up tankers and stopping oil refineries, the government is sitting on the energy policy it promised after the Ukraine invasion. With rising poverty, rising fuel prices, and rising fears about the future, the question of how quickly and effectively we can transition to clean energy has become urgent.

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