Extinction rebellion
Bond star Naomie Harris backs new Extinction Rebellion climate change film
Called 'Extinction Emergency, Why We Must Act Now', the film is the first of two animations backed by Hollywood stars to support Extinction Rebellion.
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The year the world woke up to the climate emergency
Although scientists have warned for decades about the risk to humanity and Earth posed by unfettered burning of fossil fuels, in 2019 their message seems to have finally hit home.
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ANALYSIS: Why aren’t today’s protests leading to revolutions?
People get angry far more often than they rebel. And rebellions rarely become revolutions. An expert on the French Revolution explains why today's protest movements are different.
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Celebrities back call for climate action in Extinction Rebellion video
Extinction Rebellion launched in London a year ago, inspiring waves of colourful, disruptive actions around the world to call for rapid cuts in carbon emissions and the repair of collapsing ecosystems. Thousands of people have been arrested during protests.
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Extinction Rebellion considers using drones to shut London's Heathrow Airport
This would mark a significant escalation by Extinction Rebellion, which mobilised thousands of people in a peaceful civil disobedience campaign that brought parts of central London to a standstill in April.
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Arrests at London climate-change protests top 1,000
Police said 1,065 people had been arrested in connection with the protests, and they had charged 53 with offences including obstructing the highway.
