Angry drivers clashed with climate protesters who blocked traffic once again on Wednesday morning, in some cases dragging them off the roads. During the morning rush hour, around 20 protesters from climate group Insulate Britain (IB) blocked a junction near a busy industrial estate in Thurrock, in the outskirts of London. They sat or laid…
UK Government Proposes New Law Targeting ‘Eco-Warriors’
Climate protesters blocking roads and buildings could face prison terms and unlimited fines, the British government said on Tuesday. The announcement came after the activist group Insulate Britain (IB) blocked a number of motorways in the past three weeks, disregarding injunctions against their tactics; and after Extinction Rebellion (XR) blockaded a private airport on Saturday. The…
Climate Group Insulate Britain Blocks Two UK Motorways
Climate activists from Insulate Britain on Friday morning blocked two UK motorways in their 10th day of protests in the past three weeks. The group said approximately 30 of its activists blocked the M4 at Junction 3, near Heathrow Airport, and the M1 at Junction 1, at Brent Cross, north London. Insulate Britain said the…
Climate Activists Blocks Motorway to Heathrow Airport Despite Government Injunctions
More than 50 protesters from the eco-activist group Insulate Britain (IB) blocked the M25 motorway at the exit leading to the Heathrow Airport on Monday morning. It’s the group’s sixth roadblock in two weeks. The group, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion (XR), is calling on the government to insulate homes across the UK to help cut carbon…
UK Climate Protesters Warned of ‘Serious Consequences’ as Ex-paralympian Jailed
A judge has warned protesters who disrupt people’s lives they “will face serious consequences” as he jailed a former Paralympic athlete who superglued himself to the roof of a British Airways plane. Judge Gregory Perrins said Extinction Rebellion activist James Brown, 56, who has been registered blind since birth, “cynically used” his disability and put…
Climate Activism No Pretext for Assault on Capitalism: UK’s Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the United Nations on Wednesday that he did not agree with environmental activists who use climate change as a pretext to attack capitalism. Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, Johnson said: “I don’t see the green movement as a pretext for a wholesale assault on capitalism. Far from it.” Extinction…
3 Arrested for Orchestrating Climate Protests on UK Motorway
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of orchestrating a climate protest on the UK’s busiest motorway on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said. The Met said that it also made 14 arrests for obstructing the M25. So far at least 88 people are known to have been arrested by UK police for Wednesday’s protests, during…
UK Police Arrest Dozens of Activists Who Blocked Motorway
Police arrested at least 71 climate protesters on Wednesday after they blocked several junctions on the UK’s busiest motorway. The activists from the campaign group Insulate Britain, which is demanding government action on home insulation, stopped traffic on three sections on the M25 shortly after 8 a.m. Demonstrators sat on the road while stranded motorists…
Policing Extinction Rebellion Protests Has Cost Over £50 Million: Met Police
More than £50 million ($68 million) has been spent on policing Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests since 2019, the Metropolitan Police said on Friday ahead of another round of protests planned by the environmental activist group. The climate activist group staged prolonged demonstrations in April and October 2019 and September 2020, when protesters blocked entrances, halted traffic,…
Extinction Rebellion Activists Vandalise Australian Parliament, 8 Arrested
Extinction Rebellion protesters, demanding action on climate change, have vandalised Australia’s Parliament House and the prime minister’s residence, The Lodge, in the country’s capital, Canberra. After spray painting slogans like “climate duty of care” on walls outside of both buildings, as well as setting a pram on fire on Tuesday morning, eight Extinction Rebellion protesters…
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