Extinction Rebellion Scotland are blocking Lothian Road in Edinburgh to demand a better Climate Bill, which is being discussed by the Scottish Parliament this week. Activists from the Holyrood Rebel Camp, a five-day protest outside Parliament running 16–20 June, split into three teams and blocked traffic by standing in the ...

Extinction Rebellion Scotland is demanding action on the new Climate Bill being discussed by the Scottish Government next week. Protesters from across the UK will unite to camp for five days outside the Scottish Parliament.  The Holyrood Rebel Camp will be a five-day protest running 16–20 June. Some campers will ...

Extinction Rebellion Scotland interrupt Portfolio Questions in the Scottish Parliament, demanding action in the face of the climate emergency. Activists called out “CCC report spells catastrophe” and dropped two banners from the gallery that stated “2045 is ecocide” and “Citizens’ Assembly Now”. TODAY, Wednesday 5th June at 3pm, activists from ...

Five Extinction Rebellion Scotland activists are locked to the Scottish Parliament building The five keys which will unlock each individual activist have been delivered to the leaders of the five main political parties with a letter Each person has a different demand around their necks – “Climate Citizens Assembly Now”, ...

Extinction Rebellion Scotland to establish Holyrood Rebel Camp to demand legally binding action against the climate emergency. 4 June 2019 | Edinburgh, Scotland xrscotlandpress@gmail.comFacebookTwitterInstagramFacebook event  ImagesExtinction Rebellion will unite protesters from across the UK by staging a non-violent ...

Today in Aberdeen, BP’s Global AGM was disrupted by campaigners calling for stronger action on climate breakdown. Activists from protest groups Climate Action Scotland and Extinction Rebellion Scotland halted the AGM, the oil giant’s annual gathering of shareholders, by creating a ‘crime scene’ during the meeting and setting off ‘climate ...

Activists from Extinction Rebellion Scotland hold People’s Assembly in Aberdeen city centre and protest a BP petrol station in Fort William in response to the BP Annual General Meeting At 3.30pm on Tuesday 21st May 2019, Extinction Rebellion will stage non-violent action in response to BP’s Annual General Meeting in ...

The Scottish Government’s announcement today does nothing more than rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic. It’s more consultations, summits and goals. An emergency requires an emergency response and this doesn’t even come close.  Roseanna Cunningham said ‘if it’s not enough, what’s your offer?’ Our answer is this:  “We can’t rely ...

Activists from Extinction Rebellion Glasgow have planted trees in the ground where property developers had previously cut them down On the night of Monday 13th May 27 rebels planted 52 trees. The trees were all different types, having been donated to the cause from various sources. Some of the trees ...

Protestors arrested for disrupting the Scottish Oil Club dinner on 8 March 2019 at the National Museum of Scotland are no longer being charged. The non-violent activists were arrested under Section 38 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010. Their cases have been marked as ‘no further proceedings’ ...