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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A new campaign calling for ten thousand people to stop paying their wastewater bills to force companies to end the practice of pouring 11 billion litres of raw sewage every year into UK rivers and seas is being launched today (15 November) by Extinction Rebellion and local water action groups.
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XR parents place hundreds of childrens' shoes in Trafalgar Square and call for immediate ceasefire In a moving ceremony in London’s Trafalgar Square today (Saturday), parents from Extinction Rebellion placed hundreds of empty childrens’ shoes at the world-famous landmark to represent all the young Israeli and Palestinian lives lost in the ongoing fighting.
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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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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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Climate activists and local residents joined forces to block access to Farnborough Airport this morning (4 November) to protest against the proposed expansion of the airport which will almost double the number of private jet flights to 70,000 a year, in a move which blatantly ignores the climate crisis.
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Extinction Rebellion disrupt prestigious 2023 PR Week Awards with its colourful, alternative ‘Charred Earth’ awards, attacking the hypocrisy and ghastly greenwashing activities of the PR companies who hide their work with some of the world’s worst polluters and their funders.
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Hundreds of protesters are occupying the plush City of London offices of ten Lloyd’s of London insurers demanding they rule out insuring the proposed West Cumbria coal mine and the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).. Insurers from Lloyd’s of London have come under increasing pressure to rule out offering insurance to both the West Cumbria coal mine and EACOP, including protests at offices across the UK.
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined protestors gathered in their hundreds to blockade the Energy Intelligence Forum, a three day gathering of the world’s major fossil fuel companies bankers and politicians.
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Climate protestors glue themselves to road outside summit and vow to ramp up actions as the oil industry’s Energy Intelligence Forum meets in London
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