Hundreds of people are expected at a mass trespass of Cirencester Park in protest against the introduction of charges and electronic gates for pedestrians and…
View More Protesters to hold mass trespass of Cirencester Park over charging plansTag: Environmental activism
France’s appetite for frogs’ legs is endangering species in Asia, say campaigners
France’s hunger for frogs’ legs is “destructive to nature” and endangering amphibians in Asia and south-east Europe, a group of scientists and vets have warned.…
View More France’s appetite for frogs’ legs is endangering species in Asia, say campaignersNo 10 berates Chris Packham for ‘irresponsible’ Just Stop Oil comments
Downing Street has accused the BBC presenter Chris Packham of being “irresponsible” after he said Just Stop Oil had a right to protest outside the…
View More No 10 berates Chris Packham for ‘irresponsible’ Just Stop Oil comments‘She moved me’: the UK dancers inspired by India’s 112-year-old environmentalist
When she was a teenage girl, Saalumarada Thimmakka planted her first banyan tree just outside the remote Indian village of Hulikal, in the southwestern state…
View More ‘She moved me’: the UK dancers inspired by India’s 112-year-old environmentalist‘Stop insuring fossil fuel’: activists target London insurers in week of action
Traffic petered out on Gracechurch Street, in the heart of London’s financial district, as hundreds marched down the road, in step with samba drummers beating…
View More ‘Stop insuring fossil fuel’: activists target London insurers in week of actionUK ministers in court again over net zero plans
UK ministers are facing court for a second time over plans to meet legally binding climate targets, after environmental groups branded revised measures “a complete…
View More UK ministers in court again over net zero plansGeldof and Colman urge Home Office to reconsider climate activist’s deportation
Leading actors and musicians including Bob Geldof, Olivia Colman and Emma Thompson are calling on the Home Office to reconsider the “harsh deportation” of a…
View More Geldof and Colman urge Home Office to reconsider climate activist’s deportationUN expert condemns UK crackdown on environmental protest
A severe crackdown on environmental protest in Britain with “draconian” new laws, excessive restrictions on courtroom evidence and the use of civil injunctions is having…
View More UN expert condemns UK crackdown on environmental protestEnvironmental campaigners filmed, threatened and harassed at Cop28
Incidents of harassment, surveillance, threats and intimidation are creating a climate of fear at UN events including the recent Cop28 climate conference in Dubai, experts…
View More Environmental campaigners filmed, threatened and harassed at Cop28Climate groups begin legal actions against Rosebank North Sea oil project
Climate campaigners have launched two separate legal challenges to government plans to open a massive new oilfield in the North Sea. Greenpeace and the campaign…
View More Climate groups begin legal actions against Rosebank North Sea oil project