Furious veterans, MPs and the families of fallen soldiers have slammed Extinction Rebellion after the group hijacked the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day in a ‘shameful’ climate change stunt that went unchallenged by police. The eco-warriors trampled over wreaths and unveiled a banner reading ‘Honour Their Sacrifice, Climate Change Means War’ on the 100th anniversary of the memorial … Read more
Extinction Rebellion activists spark fury after they hijack the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day in climate change protest and hang wreath saying ‘act now’ XR unveiled banner reading ‘Honour Their Sacrifice, Climate Change Means War’ Ex-soldier and XR member Donald Bell led protest and held two-minute silence He hung wreath decorated with the words ‘climate change … Read more
A teenage Extinction Rebellion protester who is camped on top of a crane in Norwich says he is ‘cold but in good health’ 24 hours after climbing the structure. Alex Sidney, 17, from Dereham, in Norfolk, scaled the crane on Duke Street early on Saturday morning carrying a sleeping bag, supplies and several banners promoting … Read more
A teenage Extinction Rebellion protester has climbed a crane vowing to stay put on a gantry outside the crane’s cab at 108 feet high, until he has ‘mild hypothermia’. Alex Sidney, 17, scaled the crane on Duke Street, in Norwich, early on Saturday morning carrying a sleeping bag, supplies and several banners promoting the climate … Read more
Great tit extinction threat: One of Britain’s most common garden birds could be WIPED OUT by 2100 as climate change causes insect larvae to hatch ‘too early’ leaving no food for chicks Researchers studied the population trends in bird and insect larvae populations They found that warmer climates make the insects come out earlier in … Read more
Extinction Rebellion have blocked the gates of a large oil refinery in Scotland with boats in a protest against pollution. Climate activists claim Ineos is the country’s biggest polluter and is staging the blockade at Grangemouth as part of a programme of action. Small groups of no more than six people have locked themselves together at … Read more
University of Bristol palaeontologist Professor Mike Benton has said that the ancestors of both mammals and birds became warm-blooded at the same time, some 250 million years ago. Around this time, life was recovering from the greatest mass extinction of all time – the Great Dying. The Great Dying mass extinction killed around 90 per cent … Read more
Artificial rope bridges could help save the world’s rarest primate — the Hainan gibbon, Nomascus hainanus — by helping them cross gaps in their forest habitat. Experts who suspended ropes some 30 feet above ground across a damaged patch of forest 52 feet wide have filmed the gibbons using the bridge for the first time. The … Read more
Puffins and other seabirds will be driven to extinction by Boris Johnson’s plan to power Britain with ‘limitless’ offshore wind energy by 2030, warns RSPB Charity said Government’s green energy plan risks ‘irreversible seabird losses’ Offshore wind farms are frequently set up in shallow waters, where birds feed RSPB has urged Boris Johnson to keep … Read more
Furious butchers chase animal rights activists out of London’s Smithfield meat market as attempted demo ends in farce Video shows group of DxE protestors getting chased out of market by butchers The furious altercation took place at Smithfield Market in London last Friday Historic market has previously been targeted by Animal Rebellion protestors By Amie … Read more