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Extinction Rebellion (abbreviated as XR) is a UK-founded global environmental movement, [10] [11] with the stated aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in the climate system, biodiversity loss, and the risk of social and ecological collapse.
Extinction Rebellion (XR), a 2018 UK-founded environmental movement, [1] [2] has since spread to the rest of Europe, the United States, and other countries, forming an international "non-violent civil disobedience" movement through mass protest. [3]
— Extinction Rebellion UK (@XRebellionUK) September 2, 2022 Two protesters could also be seen with locks around their necks and connected to the front gates of the Houses of Parliament.
Campaigners have been staging climate change demonstrations at oil terminals and refineries across the UK since Friday. Extinction Rebellion enters fourth day of protests at oil facility Skip to ...
The protest followed a consultation period on Farnborough Airport's expansion plans, which ended on 18 October. ... Extinction Rebellion said the 33,120 private jet flights to and from the airport ...
Impossible Rebellion was a series of nonviolent climate change protests in the United Kingdom organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR), from 23 August 2021 to 4 September 2021. The protests particularly targeted the City of London to raise awareness of the role of the financial sector in climate change.
Extinction Rebellion has begun several days of protest in central London as the climate activist group attempts to abandon disruptive tactics and focus on “relationships over roadblocks”.
On 2 September 2022, around 50 members of the climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion staged a protest in the House of Commons in the Palace of Westminster, the home of the British Parliament.