OCCUPIED! Protesters occupy City Of London insurers’ offices demanding they reject climate-wrecking projects in UK and Africa

October 18, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

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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Oily Money OUT! Greta Thunberg joins climate protestors in oil summit blockade

October 17, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

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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Oily Money OUT! Campaigners join forces to blockade oil and gas summit in London

October 17, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

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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Cancel Global South debt and deliver $7.9 trillion in climate reparations NOW

October 12, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

Climate justice campaigners demand urgent cancellation of Global South's crippling debt repayments, which are just a fraction of the $7.9 trillion in climate reparations owed to it by the Global North

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Extinction Rebellion and indigenous leaders disrupt Shell’s new Greenwasher-in-Chief

October 11, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

Giant media agency Havas was held to account today for becoming Shell’s new chief greenwasher as Extinction Rebellion activists and representatives of indigenous groups disrupted its London offices.

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Standard Chartered: Can you see what you are doing?

October 10, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

A selection of images capturing scenes of environmental destruction, by renowned photographer Gideon Mendell, were displayed by climate protestors outside Standard Chartered's London office this week (9 October) to protest the Bank's sponsorship of the Royal Meteorological Society's Weather Photographer of the Year, while continuing to fund the development of fossil fuel projects.

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XR scientist walking for climate change… in a mask and snorkel

September 23, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

West Norfolk resident and climate activist Dr Charlie Gardner is setting off on Sunday (24 September) to walk 180 miles from Cambridge to Norwich… almost entirely on land that is threatened by rising sea levels. The walk, which will last 15 days, to the 8 October, will take Dr Gardner from Cambridge through the Fens…

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Are you okay with this?

September 17, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

REBEL FOR TRUTH has kicked off for real. Extinction Rebellion’s brand new campaign for Autumn 2023 focuses on the political, corporate and media liars and the lies they tell, demanding that they accept the scientific truth about the accelerating climate and ecological crisis – and start acting urgently like it’s real. And we burst into…

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Rebellion begins tomorrow. Will you step up?

April 08, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

When scientists and doctors are gluing themselves to oil company headquarters and being arrested en masse, we should take that as a warning sign, shouldn’t we? Well, that’s what’s happening and governments around the world are continuing to double down on fossil fuels. What on earth is going on?

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Parables of Nutmegs and Genocide: An Interview With Amitav Ghosh

February 16, 2022 by Jessica Townsend XR News

The much-feted author talks and writes about colonialism and its legacy in the present day omicrisis.

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