Extinction Rebellion Scotland end peaceful protest Edinburgh-based fund manager Baillie Gifford, who have increased MSP pension fund investment in Shell, after eleven hours Extinction Rebellion Scotland end successful peaceful protest after 11 hoursMSPs and Baillie Gifford must ‘put their money where their mouth is’ and drop pension fund investment in ...

Extinction Rebellion Scotland protest Edinburgh-based fund manager Baillie Gifford, who have increased MSP pension fund investment in Shell, to demand divestmentMSPs and Baillie Gifford must ‘put their money where their mouth is’ and drop pension fund investment in Shell This morning at 7.30am, Extinction Rebellion Scotland blocked the entrances to ...

Extinction Rebellion Scotland are blocking the entrance to the Eglinton Shell petrol station to draw attention to the role of Shell and the rest of the fossil fuel industry in the climate and ecological emergency. The science is clear, we are facing a catastrophe. And the fossil fuel industry is only ...

#RigRebellion2.0 #ItsTimeToLevelUp  Neil Rothnie, a retired former North Sea oil worker asked“If the Scottish Government’s plans for the North Sea are replicated throughout the world’s oilfields, will the planet crash and burn in the lifetime of my granddaughters?” Eben asked; “My apologies for the second interruption. Glasgow is hosting the COP26 this ...

Rig Rebellion 2.0: This Is Just The Beginning #RigRebellion2.0 #ItsTimeToLevelUp This morning, three activists boarded a rig in the Dundee Harbour. This rig, leased to Shell, is due to head out to the North Sea imminently to begin drilling for gas. They took this action with the aim of physically ...

Extinction Rebellion Scotland occupy Shell gas rig in Dundee Harbour #RigRebellion2.0 #ItsTimeToLevelUp Australia is on fire. Half a billion animals have perished. Jakarta is flooded with 30,000 evacuated from their homes. Norway is experiencing an unprecedented heatwave. The Antarctic ice sheet is melting, with daily ice ...

Extinction Rebellion Edinburgh protests new roadbuilding in Edinburgh at Sheriffhall consultation event. On Thursday 19 December 2019 at 5pm, members of Extinction Rebellion Edinburgh staged a protest at Transport Scotland’s consultation event at the Sheriffhall Park and Ride on the proposed spending of £120m on a new flyover at Sheriffhall ...

Activists, dressed as Santa, are delivering sacks of coal to party HQs in Edinburgh, one sack for each year that they miss the XR target of net zero carbon by 2025. Starting at 8.30am on Wednesday morning, activists from XR Edinburgh gathered outside the Scottish Parliament, dressed as Santa Claus. They ...

Extinction Rebellion Youth and Universities Glasgow will hold a protest outside of the BBC Scotland Headquarters from 12.00 – 3.00pm to demand that they change the way that they report on the climate emergency, calling out the main perpetrators of the crisis. They demand that: The BBC openly challenges the ...

A banner reading ‘No education on a dead planet’ was dropped from the Reading Room at the University of Glasgow as part of a nationwide day of action by the Extinction Rebellion Universities movement.The banner was dropped from the reading room at 1pm. The activists remained nearby, to inform passers-by ...