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Extinction Rebellion launches major campaign to demand all insurers dump fossil fuel crooks after big Zurich win

April 09, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@extinctionrebellion.ukPhone: +44(0)7756136396 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Extinction Rebellion UK today (Tuesday) vowed to step up direct action pressure on the global insurance industry after Zurich, the sixth biggest insurer of fossil fuels, announced they will stop insuring new oil and gas after a week of protests by thousands of activists. Extinction Rebellion UK…

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Campaigners vow to fight on as court greenlights gas drilling in Jeremy Hunt’s Surrey constituency

January 11, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion climate activists, local residents and Waverley Borough Council have pledged to fight on after the Court of Appeal ruled this week against any further attempts to stop UK Oil and Gas (UKOG) from drilling for gas at the village of Dunsfold in Surrey.

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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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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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Flashmob climate choir at Science Museum demands an end to toxic fossil fuel sponsorship NOW

October 07, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

A 100-strong climate choir staged a surprise protest inside the London Science Museum today (7 October) demanding trustees refuse toxic sponsorship money from the giant coal and gas producer Adani for the new Energy Revolution Climate Change Gallery.

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Extinction Rebellion tells PR company Edelman to #TellTheTruth about fossil fuel ties

March 07, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@extinctionrebellion.uk Phone: +44(0)7756136396 Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Media Assets | Donate #21April #UniteToSurvive #TellTheTruth #CutTheTies #ExtinctionRebellion Extinction Rebellion (XR) targeted Edelman, the world’s largest PR agency, at its UK offices in London today to call out greenwashing and deliver a message loud and clear…

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Extinction Rebellion disrupts pipeline engineer’s offices to demand East African Crude Oil Pipeline boycott

March 06, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

At 08:30 this morning, Extinction Rebellion disrupted the offices of petro-engineering multinational firm Worley in Brentford, Middlesex, demanding they drop their client EACOP. Worley will be laying the controversial 900-mile cross-border East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which is set to displace over 100,000 people, harm the natural environment and increase CO2 emissions by 34 million tonnes a year.

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Rebel Radio: How It Works

March 17, 2020 by Rebel Radio

The mechanisms by which we fuel the escalating crisis can be complex and opaque. This series investigates how the climate and ecological emergency is changing our world and the ways in which human beings are fuelling it. Flood Resilience – 13/03/2020 Floods in the UK are becoming more frequent and intense. Rain and rivers seep…

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