Protestors block exits to seven oil facilities in bid for no-new-oil pledge April 1, 2022 Campaigners have blocked the exits to seven oil facilities near London, Birmingham and Southampton, in a bid to halt new oil and gas developments. Protestors from the Just Stop Oil Coalition and Extinction rebellion have planted themselves along roads to stop oil tankers from leaving the facilities. One protestor from London, Jack Johnson, said: [...]
Kwarteng hires former BP boss to BEIS board amid energy security push March 30, 2022 Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has appointed Peter Mather, former UK boss of BP, onto the board of his department.
Arrests made as Extinction Rebellion activists douse Barclays office in oil March 14, 2022 Extinction Rebellion activists have doused the front of Barclays headquarters in oil to protest against the bank's fossil fuel investments.
Can the world’s first climate change escape room really help us change the ways we act? March 11, 2022 I’m standing in what used to be a Paul Smith store in Covent Garden, but instead of browsing for snazzy striped shirts I’m on my hands and knees, poking my head through a hole in a table and blowing air at a model wind turbine. Can I simulate the process of making green energy all [...]
As cost of living crisis rages, Extinction Rebellion plots to block oil refineries across the UK next month March 9, 2022 Extinction Rebellion has announced plans to block major UK oil refineries in April. The direct action group said it intends to “stop the harm at the source” as part of its campaign to force the Government to stop the fossil fuel economy. The protest group Just Stop Oil will also be blocking refineries across the [...]
Explainer-in-brief: The ping-pong of the police and crime bill on protesting March 2, 2022 On Monday, MPs voted in the Commons to reinstate the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, overturning the decision taken in the House of Lords to amend some of the restrictions on protests. The bill aims to give more power to police to quell peaceful protests, for instance if they become too noisy and create [...]
Patel’s Policing Bill rejected by peers, in ‘disappointing’ move for No 10 January 18, 2022 Priti Patel’s controversial Policing Bill has been rejected by peers, in what No 10 has called a “disappointing” move. The prime minister’s spokesperson said that Downing Street will reflect on the decision. “It is disappointing the Lords did not back the public order measures that will ensure the everyday lives of the overwhelming majority are [...]
Amazon acknowledges ‘there is more to do’ as UK warehouses are targeted by Extinction Rebellion activists in Black Friday raid November 26, 2021 Climate activists blocked Amazon’s largest warehouse in the UK, targeting the global retail giant’s busiest day of the year. Extinction Rebellion’s Black Friday demonstration, with about 20 activists, started at 4am at the distribution centre in Dunfermline, Fife. The group said it was also targeting Amazon sites in Doncaster, Darlington, Newcastle, Manchester, Peterborough, Derby, Coventry, [...]
Bank of England defends fossil fuel funding to Extinction Rebellion November 14, 2021 The Bank of England (BoE) reportedly tried to appease Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests earlier this year, as the climate activist group targeted City fossil fuel financing. In emails with XR members, the central bank urged that government instead has the “primary levers for driving the economy-wide transition to net-zero emissions”, The Telegraph first reported. In [...]
BREAKING: Animal Rebellion takes over govt building in Westminster, activisits threaten to stay ‘indefinitely’ October 26, 2021 Animal Rebellion activists have scaled a Government building in Westminster and say they plan to stay there “indefinitely”. Four activists from Animal Rebellion, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, used ladders, ropes and harnesses to climb the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) office as high as “20 metres” at around 6am on Tuesday. [...]