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The ElephantThe climate change and environmental emergency: a comprehensive resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens
I founded Extinction Rebellion we need rights to protest now more than ever | The Independent
2024-08-04 in Archive Today - web archiveAs communities start to unravel due to the ravages of climate change, it is up to all of us to step up and make sure our voices are heard, writes environmental activist Gail Bradbrook
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
England's most NOTORIOUS judge just sent a climate activist to JAIL for breaking a window
2024-06-12 by in The CanaryJPMorgan Chase was the largest lender to fossil fuel companies in 2023 yet an Extinction Rebellion activist is jailed for breaking its window
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion among groups set to protest at Biba conference
2024-5-7 in insurancetimes.co.uk'There will be dramatic performances to get across the message,' says protester
Tagged under: UK | Insurance | Activism | Extinction Rebellion
Bristol doctor faces being struck off for climate protest convictions - Bristol Live
2024-04-08 (or before) by Tristan Cork in The Bristol PostTagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
UK doctors involved in climate protests face threat of being struck off
2024-03-16 in The GuardianGPs with convictions over protests face tribunals to determine whether they can keep licence to practise
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
Climate activists convicted of criminal damage after smashing glass door of JP Morgan
2024-03-01 in The GuardianActivitists had used hammers and chisels to cause ‘many thousands of pounds’ of damage to the bank’s offices in London
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
Antarctica Under Siege and XR Takes a Radical Turn
2024-01-05 by in Counter PunchAntarctica has finally succumbed to rapid climate change. This past year (2023) brought changes to the icy continent that left climate scientists feeling
Tagged under: Activism | Ice Melting | Climate Change | Antarctic | Extinction Rebellion
My New Years Message
2024-01-01 (or before) in YouTube2023 was a year of violence. From Gaza to COP, the old world is crumbling under its contradictions. It's time to build something new. For the original articl...
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
Framing Communication and Media
2023-12-18 (or before) in YouTubeThe media is not what it seems. The short form mainstream media interview is not a place to deliberate but a battle of wits. You don't answer questions becau...
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
'Oily Money Out': Greta Thunberg joins protesters in central London
2023-10-17 in Banbury Guardian"We have no choice but to disrupt. This is only the beginning of the fight."
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
A billion deaths at two degrees? Why climate activists should make a special effort to get the science right - Mark Lynas
2023-10-16 by in Mark LynasThe world owes a great debt to Extinction Rebellion. XR’s heyday protests in London helped deliver a UK net zero commitment, forcing many other countries to adopt similar targets. XR […]
Tagged under: Net Zero | Activism | Finance | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Netherlands police detain thousands of climate protesters – DW – 09/10/2023
2023-10-09 (or before) in Deutsche WelleExtinction Rebellion activists blocked a highway leading to The Hague on two consecutive days. They said they would continue until the Dutch government stops subsidizing the fossil fuel industry.
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
“Heading for Extinction”: the representation of scientific knowledge in Extinction Rebellion's recruitment talks
2023-09-11 (or before) in FrontiersThis study examines how the climate action group Extinction Rebellion represents scientific knowledge in the public presentations used to recruit new members. Using a combination of semi-structured interviews and recordings of the talks and comparing across four versions, we examine how the talk developed and four distinct modes of science communication were identified. This analysis also highlights that many factors shape the mode of science communication employed, with the outcome particularly influenced by the editors' concept of how to best motivate action, as well as changes in the wider communication environment and evolut...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Activism | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
New UK ‘net zero’ minister linked to oil-funded think tank
2023-09-02 (or before) in openDemocracyClaire Coutinho was senior fellow at Policy Exchange, which drafted law to crack down on XR and other climate activists
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Activism | Extinction Rebellion
What comes after Extinction Rebellion? The future depends on the emergence of a climate majority - ABC Religion & Ethics
2023-08-14 (or before) in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)Over the last five years, Extinction Rebellion functioned as a “radical flank” to the environmental movement — but its strategy of public disruption alienated the very people who would otherwise be concerned about climate collapse.
Tagged under: Collapse | Extinction Rebellion
Climate Majority: Leading campaigners back new grassroots green movement
2023-06-21 in Business GreenInitiative aims to become 'irresistible political force', as polls show majority of Britons support the UK's net zero emissions goal
Tagged under: Activism | Net Zero | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Extinction Rebellion Strategy 2023-2024: Here comes everyone - Extinction Rebellion UK
2023-05-28 by in Extinction Rebellion UKExtinction Rebellion has successfully shifted public opinion on the climate and ecological emergency in the last four years, but we know that transforming the political system, social culture, and economy is necessary for a sustainable and equitable future. The Big One was the start of this strategy, but as we move into the summer and […]
Tagged under: Public Opinion | Extinction Rebellion
More than 1,500 arrested at Extinction Rebellion protest in The Hague
2023-05-27 in The GuardianSeveral Dutch celebrities among protesters, including Game of Thrones actor Carice van Houten
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
Sally Weintrobe | Climate Breakdown Shakedown - Climate Grief | Extinction Rebellion UK
2023-05-26 (or before) in YouTubeSally Weintrobe speaks to XR Greenwich on the topic of Climate Grief.“Most of us have been living in a bubble of disavowal about global heating”, Sally Weint...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Activism | Fossil Fuels | Carbon Bubble | Climate Anxiety and Grief | Extinction Rebellion | Biodiversity Loss
XR activists bring HSBC's annual meeting to a halt in protest against its ‘shameful climate policies’
2023-05-05 in Morning StarTagged under: Capitalism | Activism | Extinction Rebellion
The Former Extinction Rebellion Campaigners Rallying A Climate Majority
2023-05-04 by in DeSmogGovernments show time and again they won’t deliver adequate climate solutions of their own accord. If the world is ever going to get serious on climate, it will be because a mass movement of citizen action insists on it. Except, no such mobilisation of citizens yet exists across the global north. Accordingly, nothing like sufficient […]
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
The forecast looks grim as climate crisis knocks cricket for six
2023-04-22 in The GuardianFrom Oxford professors to Extinction Rebellion activists, those who love cricket are helping to tackle its climatic challenges
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Climate diplomacy is hopeless, says author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline
2023-04-21 in The GuardianAndreas Malm says he has no hope in ‘dominant classes’, and urges more radical approach to climate activism
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
4 better or 4 worse? As XR nears its ‘big one’
2023-04-19 in Professor Jem Bendell - Deep Adaptation to societal breakdownFour years ago I stood by the pink boat of truth in Oxford Circus to give the opening speech at the international rebellion against governmental crimes against humanity for inaction on the ecologic…
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
IPCC Synthesis Report: What does it say? What does it mean? | IPCC FINAL REPORT 2023
2023-04-09 (or before) in YouTubeJOIN XRUK THIS APRIL 21-24 AT THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENTDr Charlie Gardner and Clare Farrell discuss the latest IPCC synthesis report, the final report in the m...
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Activism | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction | Biodiversity Loss
Yes, the Climate Crisis May Wipe out Six Billion People | The Tyee
2023-04-09 (or before) in The Tyee British ColumbiaCreator of the ‘ecological footprint’ on life and death in a world 4 C hotter.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Sustainability | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Episode 32 - Climate Science Rebellion with Ernst-Jan Kuiper
2023-03-22 (or before) by in podbean.comErnst-Jan Kuiper obtained his Master's degree in Climate Physics In 2014, after which he focused on research into the dynamics of the Greenland ice sheet. After 5 years, including 6 weeks of fieldwork on the Greenland ice sheet, he obtained his doctorate (PhD) in 2019. Ernst-Jan currently works at Milieudefensie on the appeal against oil giant Shell. He also writes articles about climate change for the Dutch program Tegenlicht and gives lectures about climate change. He also spends time on climate activism, especially with Extinction Rebellion where he is part of the Scientist Rebellion group. The day before we recorded t...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Activism | Shell | Extinction Rebellion
Climate activists must target power structures, not the public | Letters
2023-03-15 in The GuardianLetters: Dr Laura Thomas-Walters, Tim Williamson and Paul Chandler respond to Jack Shenker’s article which asked if the disruptive tactics of groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil are working
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
The existential question for climate activists: have disruption tactics stopped working? | Jack Shenker
2023-03-06 in The GuardianAs XR shifts away from radical action and the UK government restricts the right to protest, the climate movement is asking tough questions, says author Jack Shenker
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Of XR’s “The Big One” – likely numbers and likely consequences
2023-02-07 in Marc HudsonIn April the next (and final?) XR event will take place, in London. In January the organisation click-baited a "We Quit" statement (see here for more.) They are claiming they will get 100 thousand people to turn up and... (mill around? sell newspapers to each other? something else?) So, two things. First the numbers. There's…
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
Peers deliver several blows to government’s anti-protest bill
2023-01-30 in The GuardianHouse of Lords votes against flagship public order bill on day when Extinction Rebellion protesters disrupted proceedings in chamber
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
BREAKING: Barclays 7 given 2 years unconditional suspended sentence for breaking glass during an emergency - Extinction Rebellion UK
2023-01-27 by in Extinction Rebellion UKAt 4.30pm this afternoon, seven women attended sentencing at Southwark Crown Court in London for carefully cracking windows at Barclays HQ in Canary Wharf, to draw attention to Barclays’ financing of fossil fuels and to call on the bank to stop accelerating the climate emergency. All seven women were given two years unconditional suspended sentences.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Fossil Fuels | Women and Children
Extinction Rebellion says 'we quit' – why radical eco-activism has a short shelf life
2023-01-06 by in The ConversationSuch groups rarely last more than a few years.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Open Letter to Liz Truss on 'Anti Growth' - XR co-founder, Gail Bradbrook - Extinction Rebellion UK
2022-10-13 by in Extinction Rebellion UKIn your recent speech at the Conservative party conference you mentioned growth 29 times; said "I will not allow the anti-growth coalition to hold us back” and named Extinction Rebellion as part of this coalition. Thank you for opening up this critical conversation. We appreciate the opportunity to share our understanding and we hope many others will join us for a grown up conversation in these urgent times.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Coal
Emergency on Planet Earth - Extinction Rebellion UK
2022-10-08 (or before) in Extinction Rebellion UKExplore the table of contents below and click to read more. See the Google Doc version of this guide to read offline or print. See also a selection of key facts from this guide.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
'No greater betrayal of humanity': Scientists take to the streets to demand climate action
2022-09-08 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)As the gulf between climate science and climate action grows, these scientists are putting their bodies on the line to demand more is done.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change
Latest updates: XR protesters blockade Hereford chicken factory mill
2022-07-26 (or before) in Hereford TimesProtesters are kicking off a day of demonstrations in Hereford today. Live updates here.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
The Great Simplification | Film on Energy, Environment, and Our Future | FULL MOVIE
2022-06-18 (or before) in YouTubeThis 32 minute animation - in 4 Acts - describes the backdrop for The Great Simplification - an economic/cultural transition beginning in the not-too-distant...
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Extinction
When Extinction Rebellion met Big Oil | Prospect Magazine
2022-06-16 in Prospect MagazineExtinction Rebellion and a former oil executive meet—but can they agree on anything?
Tagged under: BP | Extinction Rebellion
Thinktank that briefed against XR given $30k by ExxonMobil in 2017
2022-06-15 in The GuardianReport shows Policy Exchange, which called for criminalisation of climate group, previously received money from oil firm
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Exxon | Climate Justice | Activism
Officer ‘surprised’ by Patel’s late night call to superior during XR protest | The Independent
2022-06-05 (or before) in The IndependentFive activists convicted over a protest at a newspaper publishers are questioning whether there was political interference in police actions.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Extinction
Climate sceptic thinktank reported to charity commission over fossil fuel interest funding
2022-05-23 in The GuardianGlobal Warming Policy Foundation is lobby group not charity and brings no public good, say signatories
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Extinction Rebellion
Activists disrupt luxury oil club dinner to protest expansion of North Sea oil and gas production – XR Scotland
2022-02-26 (or before) in XR Scotland - Extinction Rebellion ScotlandTagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Campaigners fighting controversial A27 bypass join Extinction Rebellion protest
2022-02-04 (or before) in Brighton ArgusCAMPAIGNERS against a controversial bypass joined a nationwide “banner drop” protest with Extinction Rebellion to show their discontent.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill - Extinction Rebellion UK
2022-01-23 (or before) in Extinction Rebellion UKAbout the CEE Bill See below for more on parliamentary procedure, the contents of the CEE Bill and what you can do to help get the campaign moving! Find out more Essential Resources *** Updated April 2021 *** The Campaign Guide is both an introduction to the Bill and a CEE Bill campaigning recipe book. […]
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change
The Deliberate Rebellion | Extinction Rebellion
2022-01-23 (or before) in YouTubeIn the UK, Extinction Rebellion’s third demand is that government must create and be led by the decisions of a citizens’ assembly on climate and ecological j...
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
XR UK Strategy 2022 - Extinction Rebellion UK
2022-01-23 in Extinction Rebellion UKToday we launch XRUK's 2022 strategy, which will reignite our original Theory of Change - mass mobilising towards 3.5% of the population.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
The Guardian view on climate activism: between obedience and resistance | Editorial
2021-12-29 in The GuardianEditorial: Non-violent civil disobedience remains a vital tool for protest, but its form is shifting
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Activism | COP26 | Greenpeace | Extinction
Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts
2021-12-14 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceNature is under siege. In the last 10,000 y the human population has grown from 1 million to 7.8 billion. Much of Earth’s arable lands are already in agriculture (1), millions of acres of tropical forest are cleared each year (2, 3), atmospheric CO2 levels are at their highest concentrations in more than 3 million y (4), and climates are erratically and steadily changing from pole to pole, triggering unprecedented droughts, fires, and floods across continents. Indeed, most biologists agree that the world has entered its sixth mass extinction event, the first since the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 million y ago, when mor...
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Drought | Forest Fires | Insects | Trees | Extinction
Extinction Rebellion UK position on COP26 - Extinction Rebellion UK
2021-09-27 in Extinction Rebellion UKPEOPLE HAVE THE POWER – NOT ‘WORLD LEADERS’ What an incredible few months it’s been. We rolled up our sleeves, put our bodies on the line, and made the Impossible Rebellion defy all expectations. We led with our hearts and danced on pink tables, making the climate and ecological emergency impossible to ignore. It was […]
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | COP26
Wrong to label Extinction Rebellion as extremists, says Home Office adviser
2021-08-21 in The GuardianPeer at odds with Priti Patel over climate activists on eve of more protests
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Extinction
12 arrested in raids on Extinction Rebellion sites in London
2021-06-26 in The GuardianPolice seize equipment from three premises before what officers expect will be busy weekend of protests
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Does Extinction Rebellion Offer Any Solutions?
2021-03-23 (or before) in Extinction RebellionPeople sometimes ask why XR doesn’t propose specific solutions to the climate and ecological emergency - the answer is that it’s a deliberate choice and it isn’t just because it’s too difficult...
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
To Force Climate Action, We Need More Than Just Protests
2020-12-24 (or before) in JacobinTwo years ago, the Sunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion both captured media attention through bold direct action. Since then, Sunrise has combined protest with political work challenging fossil-fuel interests. XR and other groups tepid about electoral politics should do the same.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism
Money Rebellion - Extinction Rebellion UK
2020-11-24 (or before) in Extinction Rebellion UKWhy Money Rebellion? Our economic system determines the course of our lives Its rules govern everything that matters to us – but this system is willing to sacrifice our health, climate and natural world to favour the fortunes of the few. The system is killing us It cannot protect us from the crises to come, […]
Tagged under: Economics | Extinction Rebellion | Health
Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out
2020-11-20 in Counter PunchExpert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion/XR recently interviewed Peter Carter, M.D., who has the distinguished
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | IPCC | Extinction
People, not carbon emissions, should be at the heart of the west's climate action | Aruna Chandrasekhar
2020-10-09 in The GuardianIn focusing on targets, activists from rich countries risk putting metrics above the lives of vulnerable people, says Aruna Chandrasekhar, an independent journalist from India
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Greenhouse Gases | Extinction | India
First new deep coalmine in UK for 30 years gets go ahead
2020-10-02 in The GuardianPlanning permission granted to Cumbria project that will extract 2.7m tonnes of coal per year
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Extinction Rebellion is showing Britain what real democracy could look like | George Monbiot
2020-09-16 in The GuardianThe protest movement’s call for meaningful participation highlights the failings of dysfunctional Westminster politics, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Extinction
Literary figures join Extinction Rebellion campaign against thinktanks
2020-09-02 in The GuardianMargaret Atwood among authors supporting Writers Rebel group set to protest in London
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Is Deep Adaptation flawed science?
2020-07-19 (or before) in The EcologistJem Bendell's popular self-published paper has been platformed by Extinction Rebellion, but relies on pseudoscience to come to inaccurate and harmful conclusions.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Exclusive: Police Chief urged Priti Patel to use Extinction Rebellion ‘opportunity’ to curb protest rights
2020-06-05 (or before) in openDemocracyBoris Johnson says protest ‘a key part of democracy’. But new documents show Met Police boss urging government to use XR demos as a ‘much-needed opportunity’ to limit protest laws
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Former Archbishop of Canterbury urges churches to reduce ‘lethal dependence’ on fossil fuels - Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & Analysis
2020-05-15 (or before) in Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & AnalysisThe former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has spoken of the responsibility of churches to fight climate change, following a new report. Christian
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Meet Extinction Rebellion's 'top cop'
2020-03-03 (or before) in The BBCFormer chief superintendent Rob Cooper says he had been looking forward to a quiet retirement.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
Former UN Climate Chief Calls For Civil Disobedience
2020-02-24 (or before) by in ForbesThe woman who led the negotiations for the Paris Agreement has called in a new book for political engagement on climate change that goes well beyond the voting booth.
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Climate Change | Extinction Rebellion
XR 2020 Strategy - Power : Together - Extinction Rebellion UK
2020-02-12 in Extinction RebellionThe world has changed significantly since Extinction Rebellion launched just over a year ago. Inspired by activists around the world, arm in arm with other movements, thousands of people from all walks of life have been part of this change; united by courage and purpose and an itch for rebellion. World leaders, although finally admitting […]
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Met chief: update public nuisance law to tackle Extinction Rebellion
2020-02-05 in The GuardianCressida Dick says police need more powers to deal with protest groups such as XR
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
Guest view: Extinction Rebellion, finance’s friend
2020-01-24 (or before) in BreakingviewsThe radical UK climate movement may sound like the corporate sector’s last idea of a kindred spirit. But spokesperson Rupert Read argues its focus on fast, deep carbon reductions are simple common sense, for financiers too. That’s why he is in Davos this week.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Sustainability | Finance
UK extremism tsar urges rethink after Extinction Rebellion listed as terror threat
2020-01-20 in The GuardianSara Khan calls for clarity after non-violent groups feature in counter-terror material
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
2025 no more? The Tory victory, XR, and the coming storms
2020-01-17 (or before) in openDemocracyThere’s no chance of Boris Johnson’s government implementing any of Extinction Rebellion’s “three demands” to save the climate and biodiversity. So what now?
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
Extremism Rebellion - Policy Exchange
2020-01-16 (or before) in Policy Exchange - An Examination of Gender and Safeguarding in SchoolsExtinction Rebellion has mainstreamed the politics of a radical fringe.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
BlackRock promises climate action, but Extinction Rebellion demands more - as it happened
2020-01-14 in The GuardianAsset management giant promises to put environmental issues at the heart of its investment strategy
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
Terrorism police list Extinction Rebellion as extremist ideology
2020-01-10 in The GuardianExclusive: Police scramble to recall guide issued to teachers putting climate activists alongside far-right groups
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
One year to save the planet: a simple guide to fighting the climate crisis in 2020
2020-01-07 in The GuardianVeganism might help and it’s always good to avoid flying. But the answer to Earth’s emergency must involve political, collective action – and there are countless ways to get active
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Activism
UN climate talks failing to address urgency of crisis, says top scientist
2019-12-08 in The GuardianCOP25 in Madrid criticised for focusing on details instead of agreeing deep cuts to emissions
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Carbon Offsetting | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Charges dropped against more than 100 Extinction Rebellion protesters
2019-11-27 in The GuardianDecision may prompt those detained in October protests to sue for wrongful arrest
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Why I Got Baptized at the Extinction Rebellion Protests
2019-11-22 by in SojournersI choose to take part in Extinction Rebellion as a Christian because I need God beside me.
Tagged under: Christianity | Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism
Extinction Rebellion: The only true solution to climate anxiety
2019-11-18 in Christian Climate Action - Direct action, public witness for the climateHolly-Anna Peterson, CCA member and mental health professional, writes about climate anxiety: In the face of climate emergency, the question has been raised about how best to communicate this threa…
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Christianity | Climate Anxiety and Grief | Health
Extinction Rebellion climate protesters block Geneva’s private jet terminal
2019-11-17 in South China Morning PostCivil disobedience movement stages day of action at airport terminal demanding halt to ‘absurd’ form of luxury transport.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism
Inside, Outside – XR, Church & Change
2019-11-15 in ViaMedia.News - Rediscovering the Middle Groundby the Revd Canon Giles Goddard, former Chair of the General Synod’s Human Sexuality Group and member of the co-ordinating group for the Living in Love and Faith project October was a strange month…
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Religion
Watch: There Is No Climate Crisis
2019-11-13 in Climate Depot | A project of CFACTBy Tony Heller There is no climate crisis. There is no ocean acidification crisis. The Extinction Rebellion is based on superstition, not science.
Tagged under: Oceans | Ocean Acidification | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Extinction Rebellion protesters may sue Met as ban ruled unlawful
2019-11-06 in The GuardianSection 14 order issued to halt protest across London was not legitimate, high court rules
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Extinction Rebellion has won in the courts. Now we must win this climate election | Tobias Garnett
2019-11-06 in The GuardianWe need more than judges to fight the climate crisis, says Tobias Garnett of Extinction Rebellion
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Dr Rowan Williams "the future of the human race is now at stake" | 2019 | Extinction Rebellion UK
2019-11-04 (or before) in YouTubeRowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet. He served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from D...
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Activism | Extinction
The flawed social science behind Extinction Rebellion’s change strategy
2019-10-30 (or before) in MediumTagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Climate is missing the point. We have an ecosystem emergency. | by Will Marshall | Medium
2019-10-27 (or before) in Medium— Why I support the principles and approach of Extinction Rebellion —
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
It’s time to add global justice to XR’s demands
2019-10-24 (or before) in Red PepperExtinction Rebellion must recognise the impacts of colonialism and capitalism, and demand a just transition for all, argues Aranyo Aarjan
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Colonialism | Capitalism
Extinction Rebellion protests cost Met police £37m so far
2019-10-22 in The GuardianFigure more than double that spent each year on trying to reduce violent crime in London
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Why I'm sceptical about the Extinction Rebellion initiative (and why I hope I'm wrong) | Peace News
2019-10-21 (or before) in Peace NewsTagged under: Extinction Rebellion
The Guardian view on Extinction Rebellion: numbers alone won’t create change | Editorial
2019-10-21 in The GuardianEditorial: People being in the streets isn’t effective without a strategy, and XR needs a clearer one for what could be years of non-violent struggle
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism
Reflections on Extinction Rebellion | Peace News
2019-10-20 (or before) in Peace NewsTagged under: Extinction Rebellion
On Class and Climate Struggle: Decolonising XR
2019-10-19 in Freedom News -In the last week, two widely-shared images have summed up deep-rooted problems at the heart of the Extinction Rebellion movement. One, a white man wearing a suit jacket being pulled off the top of …
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
'Older generations can't understand': XR Youth on being heard
2019-10-19 in The GuardianFor young Extinction Rebellion members, there is an urgency they say others struggle to fully grasp
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Why Extinction Rebellion’s Strategy Might Just Work
2019-10-18 (or before) in click.mlsend.comTagged under: Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion UK: The second album was never going to be easy - Extinction Rebellion UK
2019-10-18 in Extinction RebellionEmail: press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +44(0)7986671716 / +44(0)7561098449 / +44(0)7479234522 / +44(0)7811183633 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowd Funder | What emergency? | Extinction Rebellion in Numbers |This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook#EverybodyNow #ExtinctionRebellion Today marks the end of London’s part in this phase of the International Rebellion. The International Rebellion […]
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Queensland claims cabinet confidentiality to block release of climate protest details
2019-10-18 in The GuardianDetails of photos used to justify new protest laws blocked from release
Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion
System change, not climate change! What 'The Good Place' can teach us about climate action
2019-10-16 (or before) in openDemocracyIt’s pointless to blame Extinction Rebellion activists for eating McDonalds. Like in the TV show The Good Place, it’s the system that’s broken.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Climate Change
High Court grants Extinction Rebellion to challenge London-wide ban on protests
2019-10-16 in Morning StarTagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism
Extinction Rebellion protester, 83, happy to 'go to jail to save his grandkids' - Mirror Online
2019-10-11 by Amy Coles in The MirrorTagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism
Extinction Rebellion: who are the protesters, and why are they doing it?
2019-10-11 in The GuardianAs a week of civil disobedience comes to an end, protesters explain the environmental fears that have driven them to action
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
‘Inspirational': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez applauds mayors’ Global Green New Deal
2019-10-09 in The GuardianMayors of more than 90 of the world’s biggest cities voice support for bold proposal to fight climate change as they lambast ‘failed’ UN climate summit
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Extinction Rebellion
The Rebellion Will Be Regenerative - Get ready for the largest regenerative movement of civil disobedience in history. - Extinction Rebellion UK
2019-10-06 in Extinction RebellionEmail: press@risingup.org.uk Phone: +44(0)7747732995 /+44(0)7986671716 / +44(0)7561098449 / +44(0)7804743058 / +44(0)77391 86640 / +44(0)7479234522 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowd Funder | New – What emergency? | Extinction Rebellion in Numbers |This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook. #EverybodyNow #ExtinctionRebellion Thousands of volunteers trained as Arrestee and Emotional Supporters […]
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
Does Extinction Rebellion have a race problem?
2019-10-04 in The GuardianCritics say group is not doing enough to involve people of colour, or expose links between climate crisis and inequality
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Ex-police chiefs to join Extinction Rebellion activists in biggest protest yet - Mirror Online
2019-10-02 (or before) by Milo Boyd in The MirrorTagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Heatwaves | Climate Change
David Wallace-Wells: ‘There are many cases of climate hypocrisy’
2019-08-25 in The GuardianThe journalist and author on the climate crisis
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Greenhouse Gases | Geoengineering | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
I’m an ordinary person who joined an Extinction Rebellion blockade. Here's why you should too
2019-07-23 in The GuardianIt was way out of my comfort zone, but as a scientist I can tell you that the climate emergency is much more terrifying
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
It’s time to change the climate disaster script. People need hope that things can change | Nicky Hawkins
2019-06-26 in The GuardianThe climate story must balance talk of urgency with inspiring and creative ideas if we are to inspire positive change, says the communications strategist Nicky Hawkins
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Extinction
This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the end of Empire – and what lies beyond | The Simplicity Collective
2019-06-14 in Simplicity Collective - Join the Simple Living MovementI’ve just published a new book, co-authored with philosopher-activist Rupert Read (leading spokesperson of the Extinction Rebellion in the UK). There is also a postscript by Helena Norberg-Hodge, author of Ancient Futures and producer of The Economics of Happiness. Our new book is entitled This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the end of Empire – […]
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Economics | Activism | Extinction
Public concern over environment reaches record high in UK
2019-06-05 in The GuardianBritons are more worried about climate crisis than economy, crime and immigration
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Extinction Rebellion
Police chief says Extinction Rebellion protesters will be arrested 'very, very fast' and suggests officers were not assertive enough last time | The Independent | The Independent
2019-05-15 (or before) in The Independent'Next time we will have to quite simply have more people earlier, and be very very fast and assertive about getting people arrested,' Cressida Dick says
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism
Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn
2019-05-03 in The Guardian‘We are in trouble if we don’t act,’ say experts, with up to 1m species at risk of annihilation
Tagged under: Wildlife | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Now we know: conventional campaigning won’t prevent our extinction | Roger Hallam
2019-05-01 by Roger Hallam in The GuardianI helped to found Extinction Rebellion because only non-violent civil disobedience will stop the destruction of our natural world, says Roger Hallam
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Extinction | Activism
Let’s seize the moment and create a Green New Deal for the UK | Ed Miliband, Caroline Lucas and Laura Sandys
2019-04-30 in The GuardianWe are coming together across party lines to ally the issue of climate change with social transformation, say Ed Miliband, Caroline Lucas and Laura Sandys
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Climate Change | Activism | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Support for Extinction Rebellion soars after Easter protests
2019-04-24 in The GuardianClimate activists say pressure growing on politicians to act as donations flood in
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Extinction
Greta Thunberg condemns UK's climate stance in speech to MPs
2019-04-23 in The GuardianTeenager who sparked global youth movement hits out at airport expansion and support for fossil fuels
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Fossil Fuels | Extinction
Greta Thunberg backs climate general strike to force leaders to act
2019-04-22 in The GuardianSwedish activist says world faces ‘existential crisis’ and must achieve goals of Paris deal
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Activism | Climate Change | Extinction
Humanity is at a crossroads, Greta Thunberg tells Extinction Rebellion
2019-04-21 in The GuardianSwedish climate activist’s speech comes amid police action to clear protesters from Waterloo Bridge
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Activism
Slow burn? The long road to a zero-emissions UK
2019-04-21 in The GuardianExtinction Rebellion protesters want a carbon-free UK by 2025. But can the financial and political hurdles be overcome?
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greenhouse Gases | Activism
Mark Carney tells global banks they cannot ignore climate change dangers
2019-04-17 in The GuardianFinancial sector warned it risks losses from extreme weather and its stakes in polluting firms
Tagged under: Economics | Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Activism | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
An Urgent Message for Everyone Joining the Extinction Rebellion
2019-04-02 (or before) in Anarchist FederationTagged under: Extinction Rebellion
BBC's London HQ put on lockdown over climate change protest
2018-12-21 in The GuardianExtinction Rebellion group calls for environment to be made ‘top editorial issue’
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism | Extinction
Make climate crisis top editorial priority, XR campaign urges BBC
2018-12-16 in The GuardianExtinction Rebellion group call on BBC to tell ‘full truth about ecological emergency’
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Extinction Rebellion beyond London
2018-12-11 (or before) in The EcologistLocal Extinction Rebellion groups rise up ahead of a wave of actions on Saturday, 15 December.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion goes global in run-up to week of international civil disobedience
2018-12-10 in The GuardianUK activist group using climate talks in Poland this week to widen 35-country network
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism
Grieving the Planet - Reflections on the Extinction Rebellion Movement | by Lynne Davis | Medium
2018-11-26 (or before) in MediumReflections on the Extinction Rebellion Movement
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion
I was arrested at a climate change protest – it was worth it | Gavin Turk
2018-11-20 in The GuardianOnly direct action will wake up our political system, says the artist Gavin Turk
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism
Artist Gavin Turk arrested in London climate change protest
2018-11-18 in The GuardianTurk held for obstructing public highway and has no regrets in taking part in mass civil disobedience
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism
Dozens arrested after climate protest blocks five London bridges
2018-11-17 in The GuardianThousands of protesters occupied bridges across the Thames over extinction crisis in huge act of peaceful civil disobedience
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Wildlife | Activism
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