Extinction Rebellion Leeds, Kill the Bill Leeds and the COP26 Coalition protest against Leeds Bradford Airport expansion and the Policing and Sentencing Bill outside Leeds Magistrates Court.
Extinction Rebellion Protest Disrupts Murdoch’s Print Production
The climate activism group blockade roads towards Murdoch-owned printing sites in criticism of the outlets’ approach to climate change.
Extinction Rebellion and GALBA ‘Ride The Noise’ To Protest Airport Expansion
Last Saturday, Extinction Rebellion and GALBA staged a protest against the Leeds Bradford expansion plans. Ella Jones reports.
Campus Watch
University of Liverpool spin out company secures £300k to develop indoor air pollution technology CageCapture, a new spin out company at the University of Liverpool has secured a total of £298,754 funding from Innovate UK […]
The UK’s First Climate Assembly Met – But Now What?
The UK’s first citizens’ assembly on climate change has now had two out of their four allotted meetings held to tackle the meaty challenge of deciding how the government should meet the legally binding target […]
Merry XRmas
Roadblocks were planned by climate activists Extinction Rebellion to disrupt frantic shoppers this weekend as they partake in the environmentally polluting practice of seasonal consumerism. Andrea Loftus reflects on the unsustainability of the festive season. Christmas […]
Is XR Shooting Itself in the Foot?
Extinction Rebellion (XR) has three clear demands of the UK government; declare a climate emergency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2025 and create and lead a Citizens’ Assembly on climate and ecological justice. […]
Retired Rebels Rise Up
Uncooperative crusties” and “importunate nose-ringed climate protesters” must abandon their “hemp-smelling bivouacs,” PM Boris Johnson has demanded. Johnson turned to dated stereotypes that surround protesters when commenting on Extinction Rebellion’s worldwide demonstrations, exacerbating the already […]
XR: Go forth or back down?
Bob Dylan, when asked what he thought the 1963 March on Washington had achieved, famously replied: absolutely nothing. This was the same march where Martin Luther King gave his iconic ‘I have a dream speech’. […]
Extinction Rebellion: Privilege’s Place in Protest
Ahead of their second international uprising, Extinction Rebellion, also known as XR, have been in the forefront of the media this week, which in turn has brought back the debate about its methods, aims and […]
Arrests made at Extinction Rebellion protest in London
Extinction Rebellion activists initiated global demonstrations on Monday, with over 600 arrests already having been made in London alone. Organisers have stated that the protests, which have already seen people barricade themselves to vehicles and […]
12,000 Protesters at Climate Change Strike in Leeds City Centre
An estimated 12,000 people of all ages protested against climate change in Leeds today. Participants gathered in Millennium Square at 11am to listen to speeches, before a 1 hour march around the city centre, finishing […]