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  • Extinction Rebellion Up the Pressure on the Scottish Climate Bill

    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 ...

  • Climate activists disrupt BP AGM declaring it a crime scene

    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 ...

  • Extinction Rebellion Scotland protest BP AGM in Aberdeen

    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 ...

  • Statement from Extinction Rebellion Scotland in response to Roseanna Cunningham’s Ministerial Statement, “The Global Climate Emergency: Scotland’s Response.”

    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 plant trees against property developer

    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 ...

  • Families hold die-in under Dippy the dinosaur

    Activists pretend to die in Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum to raise awareness that the accelerating ecological and climate emergency may cause the extinction of the human race At a pre-arranged signal of a violin playing, approximately 300 people of all ages, many of whom were families, lay down ...

  • CLIMATE EMERGENCY ROAD BLOCK

    Extinction Rebellion Scotland successfully blocked North Bridge, Edinburgh from 3pm – 8.30pm today in CLIMATE EMERGENCY ROAD BLOCK which resulted in 29 arrests – Over 700 people attended the road block – A cycle block from 5 points across the city converged on North Bridge at 3pm– 29 people were arrested – ...

  • Scotland’s International Rebellion

    Welcome to the Rebellion – Science Not Silence – Extinction Rebellion Scotland herald Scotland’s Rebellion by dropping banners over Edinburgh’s iconic Victoria Street, from Glasgow’s Finnieston Crane and across the City Chambers in George Square, Glasgow ahead of two days of education and disruption in the Scottish capital. – Extinction Rebellion ...