Extinction Rebellion
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Climate crisis
Doomist or realist? Meet the scientist who says the climate collapse has already begun
Jem Bendell was made famous by his paper Deep Adaptation, in which he argued that climate collapse was inevitable. Now he says it has already begun.
- by Nick O'Malley
‘Message must be sent’: Jail terms almost tripled for climate activists who shut down West Gate Bridge
Two Extinction Rebellion activists who used a hire truck to block peak-hour traffic, causing a woman to give birth on the side of the road, have had their jail terms almost tripled on appeal.
- by Erin Pearson
West Gate Bridge climate protesters appeal three-week jail sentence
One day into their prison stint, the Extinction Rebellion activists appealed their sentence for public nuisance and obstructing police after blocking traffic with a truck on Tuesday morning.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Serial climate protesters jailed for blocking West Gate Bridge
A Sydney activist is among the three climate demonstrators who allegedly blocked inbound lanes on Tuesday morning, triggering a 25-kilometre traffic jam.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Alex Crowe
Climate protesters wait on challenge to parliament law
A group of 13 Extinction Rebellion protesters will not face a hearing on whether they are guilty of disrupting Queensland’s Parliament until at least February next year.
- by Rex Martinich
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UK politics
Climate wars have not been a feature of British politics. That’s about to change
Labour is widely expected to win next year’s election. But Rishi Sunak is not going to die wondering and is playing the carbon card.
- by George Brandis
Extinction Rebellion’s next protest target revealed after UK members ‘quit’
The Australian arm of climate activist group Extinction Rebellion says it will protest harder, despite the British wing’s plans to tone down its tactics.
- by Nick O'Malley
Setting aside the superglue, Extinction Rebellion UK flags tactical shift
Extinction Rebellion says it wants to attract more public support ahead of what it hopes will be a massive rally in April.
- by Latika Bourke
Nine charged after protest props smuggled into Qld parliament
Climate protesters who unfurled banners over the public gallery balcony during question time and launched into chants now face jail time.
- by Matt Dennien
Superglued to van Gogh: Why climate protesters are targeting art
European activists are affixing themselves to centuries-old masterpieces. Now, despite tougher protest laws, the trend is catching on in Australia too.
- by Angus Dalton
Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/topic/extinction-rebellion-1n8s