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uk/‘I’m Not Going To Watch The World Burn’: Thousands Of Climate Strikers Call For Climate Action In London
BySoila Apparicio
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Millions of people across the world took to the streets in a global climate strike today to protest the climate crisis and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels.  In London’s Parliament Square,...
uk/Audio — 'We Have to Be Here': Inside Britain's New Climate Activism
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In DeSmog UK's first ever audio feature, Soila Apparicio went to find out how the rise of XR and Greta has changed climate activism on the frontlines… If I asked you to picture a climate activist ...
Series: The New Climate Activism
Series: New Climate Activism
uk/'People Are Listening Now' — Extinction Rebellion's 10 Days in the Spotlight
BySoila Apparicio
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High above Parliament Square, a small group of people swing from hammocks between the trees. They won't stay elevated for long. Police brought the members of campaign group Extinction Rebellion ba...
Series: Extinction Rebellion: Direct Action to Save the Planet from Climate Change
Series: Extinction Rebellion Activism
uk/'It’s Not Every Day You See a Boat in the Middle of Oxford Circus' — Extinction Rebellion Halts London to Demand Action on Climate Change
BySoila Apparicio
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Miles from the river Thames, a boat brought central London to a standstill on Monday as campaign group Extinction Rebellion launched an international protest demanding action on climate change. Th...
Series: Extinction Rebellion: Direct Action to Save the Planet from Climate Change
Series: Extinction Rebellion Activism
uk/'It’s the Opposite of the Right Thing' — 96k-Signature Petition Calls on Government to Block Drax Gas Plans
BySoila Apparicio
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Campaigners have called on the government to refuse planning permission for the country’s biggest gas plant, saying that providing public subsidies for the project contradicts the UK’s climate comm...
uk/No to Heathrow: Climate Campaigners Outline Case Against Third Runway
BySoila Apparicio
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Climate campaigners have begun to put pressure on the government’s plan to expand Heathrow during a 10-day judicial review at the High Court. The case will test if the “government is bound by its o...
uk/Climate Change Means 'Real Death, Real Blood' — Extinction Rebellion Paints Downing Street Red
BySoila Apparicio
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‘Blood’ was spilled outside Downing Street on Saturday as campaign group Extinction Rebellion kickstarted its spring action with a graphic sea of red. Protestors emptied buckets of artificial bloo...
Series: Extinction Rebellion: Direct Action to Save the Planet from Climate Change
Series: Extinction Rebellion Activism
uk/Protestors Target Companies Supporting Fracking in UK Day of Action
BySoila Apparicio
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Anti-fracking campaigners gathered in Windsor today to protest against Centrica’s investments in the fracking industry. The demonstration was part of a UK-wide day of action targeting companies th...
uk/London Fashion Week: Extinction Rebellion Calls on Fashion Industry to Acknowledge Climate Emergency
BySoila Apparicio
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Wearing black to mourn for “the hundreds of species that daily go extinct,” protesters from campaign group Extinction Rebellion swarmed roads leading to London’s Fashion Week on Sunday, creating tr...
Series: Extinction Rebellion: Direct Action to Save the Planet from Climate Change
Series: Extinction Rebellion Activism
uk/'If Greta Can Do It So Can We' — School Strikers Call on Government to Declare Climate Emergency
BySoila Apparicio
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When needed, teenagers will climb on literally anything - traffic lights, bus tops, statues - so that they can be heard. “They need to start listening and stop hiding their heads in the smog,” one...