Four climate protesters who stopped traffic on a central London road during rush hour have been convicted of causing a public nuisance. Julie Mecoli, 68,…
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Climate activists must target power structures, not the public | Letters
I am an environmental social scientist and climate activist. As Jack Shenker describes in his article (The existential question for climate activists: have disruption tactics…
View More Climate activists must target power structures, not the public | LettersCourt restrictions on climate protesters ‘deeply concerning’, say leading lawyers
Restrictions placed on non-violent climate protesters who have been tried in criminal courts were part of a “deeply concerning” “pincer movement” narrowing their rights to…
View More Court restrictions on climate protesters ‘deeply concerning’, say leading lawyersInsulate Britain activist Xavier Gonzalez-Trimmer found dead
A young activist who campaigned with the climate groups Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil has been found dead after going missing almost a week…
View More Insulate Britain activist Xavier Gonzalez-Trimmer found deadInsulate Britain activists found guilty over London roadblock
Three Insulate Britain activists have been found guilty of causing a public nuisance by a jury for a two-hour sit-down blockade of traffic. The three,…
View More Insulate Britain activists found guilty over London roadblock‘We’ll be hated, but it will stir things up’: Insulate Britain on what happened next – and being right all along
Shortly before 8am on 13 September 2021, 92 people gathered in small groups at five junctions along the M25, the busy motorway that encircles most…
View More ‘We’ll be hated, but it will stir things up’: Insulate Britain on what happened next – and being right all alongUK must insulate homes or face a worse energy crisis in 2023, say experts
Britain will be plunged into an even worse energy crisis in a year’s time without an immediate plan to improve leaky homes and dramatically reduce…
View More UK must insulate homes or face a worse energy crisis in 2023, say expertsInsulate Britain says government welcome to borrow its name
The well-known campaigning group Insulate Britain is happy to let the government borrow its name if officials can’t come up with a different label for…
View More Insulate Britain says government welcome to borrow its name‘Criminalising our right to protest’: green groups’ anger over public order bill
Environmental campaign groups have hit out at the “draconian” protest crackdown bill announced in the Queen’s speech. The new law appears to be targeted at…
View More ‘Criminalising our right to protest’: green groups’ anger over public order billInsulate Britain protesters praised by judge who fined them
Insulate Britain protesters have been praised by a judge, who said he was “inspired” by their commitment to greener living, as he fined 12 of…
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