Climate protest news 13 April 2022 / 2
Extinction Rebellion goes door-knocking for new recruits
Extinction Rebellion climate change activists have been door-knocking across London to attract new members.
The group says it is carrying out three days of “deep-canvassing”, approaching people in their homes to “listen to their concerns” about climate change.
Residents are being invited to local talks, to learn about the campaign and how to get involved.
Extinction Rebellion (XR) says the “outreach” exercises are part of a “week of action” in the capital.
XR says despite polls suggesting a high level of concern about climate change, “rarely do people have the opportunity to share their thoughts and fears about the world”.
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Protestors enter Shell HQ in London to tell workers to ‘jump ship’
Climate protestors have stormed a Shell (LON: SHEL) office to tell its workers to leave the oil giant, according to reports.
Climate protestors have stormed a Shell (LON: SHEL) office to tell its workers to leave the oil giant, according to reports.
Extinction Rebellion UK has Tweeted to say that campaigners are currently inside the supermajor’s London headquarters.
Videos have also appeared online of demonstrators gluing themselves to the reception desk at the Shell base and demanding “to talk to HR”.
Widespread protests have taken place in London today as XR and Just Stop Oil activists call for an “immediate end” to oil and gas.
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I went on TV to explain Just Stop Oil – and it became a parody of Don’t Look Up
I wanted to sound the alarm about oil exploration and the climate crisis, but Good Morning Britain just didn’t want to hear
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Civil resistance is really not about protests or marches, it is about responding to a situation beyond our worst nightmares. At Cop26, the people who run things effectively confirmed that they were going to let billions of the poorest people on this planet die in order to keep business as usual going.
Well, to that we say no. We will not continue as generations have before and allow our actions today to have devastating consequences on those tomorrow. It is time to break that cycle and stand up for what is right. “If governments are serious about the climate crisis, there can be no new investments in oil, gas and coal, from now – from this year.” That is a direct quote from Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency. He said that last year. Time has quite literally run out. It only takes one quick search on the internet to see what is happening. Somalia. Madagascar. Yemen. Australia. Canada. The climate crisis is destroying lives already and will continue to unless we make a commitment to stop oil now.
Kwasi Kwarteng declares ‘we won’t switch off oil and gas production’ after protesters glue themselves to building
The Business Secretary has insisted the Government will not switch off domestic oil and gas production as climate change activists targeted his department in an act of “civil disobedience”.
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But in a message to the activists posted on social media, the Business Secretary said: “You cannot – and we won’t – switch off domestic oil and gas production.
“Doing so would put energy security, jobs and industries at risk – and would simply increase foreign imports, not reduce demand.”
The group said the demonstration was part of a week of “civil disobedience” by XR in London.
“The action is planned to continue until the UK Government agrees to implement Extinction Rebellion’s immediate demand: to end all new fossil fuel infrastructure immediately,” it said.
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Comment by dizzy: I understand that XR and Just stop oil are demanding an end to any expansion to oil and gas and not stopping domestic production as Kwarteng is claiming.
