East Liverpool, a small city by the Ohio river, is a cancer-ridden dumping ground for the detritus of the global economy, writes Caitlin Johnson. With its filthy power station, coal ash lake, 1,300 fracking wells, silica sand mountains and a huge toxic waste incinerator, the city's people need your help in their fight for environmental justice.
… comments: "We could restore towns and cities like East Liverpool. I mean, we spend … a dime towards fixing up our old towns and cities that served as the country's foundry." …
Denton's 59-41 vote to ban fracking has got right up the nose of the state's fossil fuel elite, writes Julie Dermansky. The Texas city has already been hit with two lawsuits - but it's going to fight them all the way, with a $4 million legal fund ready and waiting.
… to take away home rule powers from cities that stand up to the oil and … points out that politicians trying to crush cities' rights to home rule goes against the …
Dozens of activists are sitting or standing in the road as City workers leave Bank tube station.
XR protesters target City of London PA | 14th October 2019 News Change Makers Extinction Rebellion City Of London Climate Breakdown Fossil Fuels Finance 22199320-1.jpg Dozens of activists are sitting …
Fort Collins and Lafayette are the targets of lawsuits by Colorado frackers, who claim that local bans on fracking within City boundaries violate State laws.
… Frackers sue Colorado frack-free cities The Ecologist | 4th November 2013 News … Court that fracking cannot be banned by Cities because State law precedes local …
Natural gas could be a game changer for one impoverished Ohio city. But there are serious environmental and social risks associated with extracting it, reports Dimiter Kenarov
Youngstown: where the promise and curse of shale gas collide Dimiter Kenarov | 28th February 2013 News Fracking Shale Gas News Energy Politics And Economics andrew image 2.jpg Natural gas could be a …
'We are taking the practice ... of non-violent civil disobedience into the European elections'
Climate activists glue themselves to City Hall Mason Boycott-Owen | 3rd May 2019 News Extinction Rebellion Climate Breakdown European Elections d5vgu4bxsaeiaem.jpg-large.jpeg 'We are taking the …
Members of Extinction Rebellion Glasgow and partner groups from Renfrewshire and East Dunbartonshire dressed in blue and green to represent rising water.
Blue Wave protest streams through Glasgow Lucinda Cameron | 2nd March 2020 News Climate Breakdown Extinction Rebellion COP26 vxoic76b3rfddmdpxx65ct45ki.jpg Members of Extinction Rebellion Glasgow and …
Deep in the Algerian Sahara, the oasis town of Ain Salah is a focus of opposition to a new wave of fracking, with violent confrontations between police and up to 40,000 protestors, writes Alexander Reid Ross. They have two main concerns: preventing pollution to the aquifer that sustains them, and keeping out foreign oil giants like Total and Halliburton.
Algeria: fracking and the Ain Salah uprising Alexander Reid Ross | 14th March 2015 News Algeria Africa Fracking Fossil Fuels Corporations algeria-beware-camels-cut.jpg Deep in the Algerian Sahara, …
Extinction Rebellion actions taking place in Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds and London.
… their five-day "summer uprising" in several cities across the UK. Future A large blue boat … protesters are taking action across five UK cities to call on the government to halt …
Gas flaring of natural at shale oil wells is carried out on such a scale in North Dakota and Texas that 'phantom cities' show up at night in satellite photos, writes Sharon Kelly. Billions of dollars worth of gas are going up in smoke, adding to CO2 emissions - but far worse for the climate is when the gas is 'vented'. Regulators are doing too little, too late.
… scale in North Dakota and Texas that 'phantom cities' show up at night in satellite photos, …
'All our politicians are now operating in a different political landscape'.
… "What we've tried to do is work with C40 (C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group) to pinch good ideas which other cities are doing well. I believe in stealing …
Extinction Rebellion vows to block areas of London every day for at least a week, and on the next three weekends.
'We want to live' Sophie Wingate Luke O'Reilly | 11th April 2022 | News Extinction Rebellion Just Stop Oil Climate Breakdown Activism 2.66322618.jpg Extinction Rebellion vows to block areas of London …
To ‘protest’ is not just to challenge power, but also ‘to make a pledge, a solemn declaration’ and to drive change.
… [XR] protests that continue to disrupt 60 cities around the world for the second week of … ‘moving like water’ and popping up across cities to undermine police efforts at …
Extinction Rebellion is to target five UK cities with civil disobedience in July in a bid to force politicians to take faster action on climate change.
… Extinction Rebellion is to target five UK cities with civil disobedience in July in a … supporters to sign up to action in five UK cities over the summer which will be “as …
'It is a luxury not to be disrupted by climate change and we need to wake up to that.'
… to our commutes, our streets and our cities can wake us up to it, then it's worth … to our commutes, our streets and our cities can wake us up to it, then it's worth …
Extinction Rebellion Canterbury undertook a second action after hundreds of Canterbury students went on climate strike.
Canterbury students on climate strike Ellie Horton | 8th March 2019 News Extinction Rebellion Change Makers 46455114824_96e8db164e_o.jpg Extinction Rebellion Canterbury undertook a second action …
Climate change campaigners are gearing up for action on an international day of protest on 15 April by encouraging activists to hold talks in their homes.
… disobedience against governments in capital cities around the world. This is not a one-off … for as long as we have to, shutting down cities day after day until our demands are …
Why did the 'Bathtub Sixteen' blockage a busy A-road in Bristol?
Choosing rebellion over extinction James Brown | 12th August 2019 News Extinction Rebellion screenshot_2019-08-10_at_17.39.09.png Why did the 'Bathtub Sixteen' blockage a busy A-road in Bristol? …
Not only is fracking a massive threat to the UK's water, argues John Ward - it's a dead-end technology that will make us pay a heavy price for going precisely nowhere in energy terms.
… the US authorities, to the water use in 40 cities with populations of 50,000 people, or …