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- Scientist climate protests call out government inaction Thu, 21 Apr 22, 5:30amLast week, scientists worldwide held protests to pressure government agencies to address rapid climate change. The scientists say leaders must make drastic cuts to significantly reduce emissions before it's too late. Climate...
- Upper Midwest Counties Attempt to Block CCS Pipeline Wed, 20 Apr 22, 11:00amGuest “NIMBY’ism?” by David Middleton CCS: Carbon (technically CO2) Capture and Sequestration (or Storage) CCUS: CCS+ Utilization NIMBY: Not In My Back Yard NIMBY’ism: Actively opposing something because...
- Just Stop Oil: behind the scenes with the activists Sun, 10 Apr 22, 7:00pmGrowing numbers of young nonviolent climate protesters are willing to face jail. Dorian Lynskey followed them in the weeks leading up to last week’s action
- Extinction Rebellion stages mass protest in central London Sun, 10 Apr 22, 12:59amActivists call for end to fossil fuel investment at sit-down demonstration in Regent Street and Oxford Circus
- Environmental protesters block oil terminals across UK Fri, 1 Apr 22, 7:41pmActivists climb on tankers and glue themselves to roads around London, Birmingham and Southampton
- Russian and Ukrainian activists call for European embargo on Russian fossil fuels Fri, 25 Mar 22, 4:18amEnvironmental campaigners make joint call as young people prepare for new wave of school climate strikes
- Blockade Australia: anti-coal activists vow more disruption despite warnings of 25-year jail sentences Wed, 17 Nov 21, 2:38pmClimate activists have used their bodies, rope and glue as part of ‘destructive action’ to block part of the coal supply chain in the Hunter
- Windfarm opponents in Nundle accuse NSW of double standards Tue, 16 Nov 21, 3:30amRenewables should be developed ‘where regional communities want them’, ministers have said
- Giant puppet represents refugee children at COP26 Thu, 11 Nov 21, 6:30amYesterday, Little Amal finally made it to COP26 in Glasgow, just in time to lead a plenary session with Samoan activist Brianna Fruean on Gender Day...
- At COP26, Indigenous activists are fighting to be heard Thu, 11 Nov 21, 7:30amAt COP26 in Glasgow, activists and experts are seeking to be heard and have their issues addressed. However, many causes are going ignored. Ruth Miller, Climate Justice Director for Native Movement, an Alaska-based grassroots...
- Squid Game-themed protest takes place outside COP26 Fri, 5 Nov 21, 5:30amActivists got creative outside the World Leaders Summit at COP26 yesterday. Donning red boiler suits and black masks, protestors held a demonstration inspired by the now world-famous South Korean TV show "Squid...
- Activists on hunger strike for climate action outside White House Sat, 30 Oct 21, 5:30amFive young activists are camping outside the White House on a hunger strike to demand climate action. The activists demand that President Joe Biden keep his promise to "build back better." The five activists (Kidus Girma,...
- Activists endure hunger for more than a week in a strike to push Biden administration to take climate action in a bill Sat, 30 Oct 21, 5:30amFive young activists are camping outside the White House on a hunger strike to demand climate action. The activists demand that President Joe Biden keep his promise to "build back better." The five activists (Kidus Girma,...
- Forget net zero – let’s have a ‘fossil freedom day’ | Mark Lynas Thu, 14 Oct 21, 7:00pmImagine if we knew that sometime in 2047 we would definitively move on from the industrial revolution
- Climate clock ticks out shame for rich nations Thu, 23 Sep 21, 3:30amActivists in New York are trying to shame rich countries into keeping an expensive promise to the Global South. A new version of a digital "climate clock" displayed in Union Square shows a climate-action timeline...