Hundreds protest in London as jailed climate activists’ appeals are heard
Road outside high court blocked in protest at ‘draconian’ sentences given to 16 Just Stop Oil ‘political prisoners’
Extinction Rebellion
German climate activist persists with hunger strike
Nearly three months into his fast, Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick says he won’t eat until the German government acknowledges the severity of the climate crisis and the world’s failure to address it. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shows no inclination of doing that.
Alberta carbon-levy highway protests caused a multi-vehicle crash: police
Police say a carbon-levy protest in the Crowsnest Pass on Monday led to a multi-vehicle crash after five large farm tractors refused to stop for police.
Climate activists take aim at private jets, yachts and golf courses in global protests against luxury
Climate activists have spraypainted a superyacht, blocked private jets from taking off and plugged holes in golf courses this summer as part of an intensifying campaign against the emissions-spewing lifestyles of the ultrawealthy.
MOVIES: That gay rom-com, a Halloween favorite alive again and a rarity: a new western
Also a few picks at the Vancouver International Film Festival, one about climate-change radicals
In the dead of night, Tyre Extinguishers target gas-guzzling SUVS
Group says the "climate disaster" vehicles were disarmed recently in nine countries — including the U.K., France and Canada.
My year in the trees
"While I was decorating my locker, politicians were locking in heat domes and atmospheric rivers," says Emily Kelsall, who spent a year on and off in a treesit protesting the TMX pipeline project.
Save Old Growth organizer fears his activism has made him a target for deportation
International student Zain Haq, co-founder of the Save Old Growth (SOG) civil resistance group, is in hiding because he's worried the Canada Border Services Agency wants to deport him.
Shell consultant quits, accusing oil giant of ‘extreme harms’ to environment
Caroline Dennett tells staff in a video that she made the decision because of "double-talk on climate."
One in 5 Barclays shareholders rejects U.K. bank's climate strategy
The bank plan met opposition after environmental protesters disrupted its annual shareholder meeting in Manchester earlier this month.
Old-growth protection activists in B.C. block highway to force 'dialogue'
The activists behind road blockades and hunger strikes calling for an end to old-growth logging in British Columbia say their non-violent actions are aimed at sparking public discussion and urging politicians to heed climate science.
B.C. old growth protector and hunger striker briefly hospitalized
A British Columbia man says he was briefly hospitalized on the 24th day of a hunger strike to protest old-growth logging but plans to go without food until the end of the month before joining others in escalating action against the government.
Climate activists arrested at U.K. oil tanker climate protest
Six people have been arrested after climate change activists climbed onto an oil tanker in central London to protest investments in fossil fuel, British police said on Saturday, April 16, 2022.
Zain Haq willing to go to jail if it helps save the planet
On Feb. 15, the 21-year-old history student at Simon Fraser University is to be sentenced for his alleged obstruction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
The hypocrisy and danger of UCP’s awful attack on Suzuki
Columnist Max Fawcett says David Suzuki has been a lot of things over the course of his 85 years: a scientist, a TV personality, a grandfather and, through it all, a dedicated environmentalist. But a terrorist?
