Jacob Jarvis, Evening Standard A lawyer representing hundreds of Extinction Rebellion protesters said it “beggars belief” so many of them are being prosecuted. It comes as two courtrooms are being set aside for a day each week at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for 19 weeks, to deal with Extinction Rebellion protesters arrested in mass demonstrations across…
Date: 25/05/19 – Evening Standard Scotland Yard wants to charge more than 1,100 people who were arrested during last month’s Extinction Rebellion protests, a senior office has said. More than 70 activists have so far been charged in connection with the demonstrations that brought parts of London to a standstill for 10 days. The group’s…
A few days ago, The Guardian published an article literally demanding a general strike in order to force action on climate change. This being done in order to force Her Majesty’s government to accept environmentalist policies such as ending the use of fossil fuels. The environmentalist Luddites of Extinction Rebellion (XR) have answered in kind…
This young woman sounds increasingly like a millenarian weirdo. By Brendan O’Neill writing at Spiked Online Anyone who doubts that the green movement is morphing into a millenarian cult should take a close look at Greta Thunberg. This poor young woman increasingly looks and sounds like a cult member. The monotone voice. The look of…
In light of heightened pressure to stop disrupting ordinary Briton’s lives, Extinction Rebellion (XR) seems to be scaling back their climate change protests. Quoting the Daily Mail: Officers have been seen carrying items including a large gnome into a waiting lorry, as they work to clear the River Thames crossing. Activists on Waterloo Bridge have…
By Nicolas Loris, Bangor Daily News This Earth Day, it almost feels like we should be carving some turkey. Why? Because we have a lot to be thankful for since the first Earth Day event occurred 49 years ago. We should be thankful that the gloom-and-doom predictions made throughout the past several decades haven’t come…
Guest essay By Steve Goreham April 22 was designated by the Earth Day Network as Earth Day 2018. This year’s Earth Day was dedicated to ending global plastic pollution. While efforts to reduce plastic pollution are needed, the campaign missed the mark by emphasizing measures to eliminate the use of plastics. Earth Day Network’s “Plastic […]…
