Damien Gayle

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18 05 2023 | 11:52

Students occupy schools and universities across Europe in climate protest

A wave of student occupations has shut down schools and universities across Europe as part of a renewed youth protest campaign against inaction on climate breakdown. Twenty-two schools and…

08 01 2023 | 12:37

More than 100 writers sign letter in solidarity with jailed UK climate activists

Ben Okri, Simon Schama, Helen Pankhurst and AL Kennedy among those saying they ‘stand with’ protesters Ben Okri, Simon Schama, Helen Pankhurst and AL Kennedy are among more than 100 writers who…

03 01 2023 | 18:22

Reliance on hi-tech solutions to climate crisis perpetuates racism, says UN official

Rapporteur Tendayi Achiume says projects are at expense of marginalised groups and Indigenous peoples The world’s reliance on hi-tech capitalist solutions to the climate and ecological crises is…

03 01 2023 | 17:06

Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil vow to continue disruptive action

Commitment to ‘civil resistance’ comes after Extinction Rebellion said it would prioritise ‘relationships over roadblocks’ Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil have doubled down on their commitment…

03 01 2023 | 16:12

‘Extreme event’: warm January weather breaks records across Europe

At least eight countries experience record high temperatures of ‘almost unheard of’ heat, say meteorologists Weather records have been falling across Europe at a disconcerting rate in the last…

22 10 2022 | 08:12

Just Stop Oil says only threat of death sentence would stop its protests

Climate activists defiant as public order bill aims to curtail civil disobedience tactics UK climate activists have vowed to continue their disruptive protests until the government imposes the…

17 10 2022 | 06:59

Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Protesters then glue themselves to wall beneath painting at National Gallery in London Activists from Just Stop Oil have thrown tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National…

24 09 2022 | 15:03

Activists subvert poster sites to shame aviation and ad industries

Billboards hijacked across Europe to highlight role of airline emissions in climate crisis As Kate, 23, walked out of Seven Sisters station, in Tottenham, north London, she noticed an airline…

24 09 2022 | 13:33

Thousands call for ‘climate reparations and justice’ in global protests

Fridays for Future ‘strikes’ in about 450 places demanded rich countries pay for damage from global heating Thousands of young people have staged a coordinated “global climate strike” across Asia,…

09 09 2022 | 11:05

Oil and gas firms’ green investments fail to match promise of publicity – study

BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies spend $750m a year burnishing climate credentials but only 12% of capital on low-carbon development Big oil and gas companies are spending tens of…

29 08 2022 | 18:57

Scientists call on colleagues to protest climate crisis with civil disobedience

An article in the Nature Climate Change journal argues that non-violent direct action taken by experts is effective Scientists should commit acts of civil disobedience to show the public how…

17 08 2022 | 16:07

Climate activists in Italy glue themselves to Botticelli painting

Environmental protesters have glued themselves to the glass protecting Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera which is on display at an art gallery in Florence.

02 08 2022 | 11:42

UK people of colour four times more likely to live in areas ‘at higher risk from heatwaves’

People of colour are four times more likely to live in areas at high risk from heatwaves in the UK as the climate heats up, according to experts. Researchers at the University of Manchester and…

12 07 2022 | 07:13

Just Stop Oil campaigners glue themselves to Da Vinci copy in Royal Academy

Five supporters of the Just Stop Oil coalition have glued themselves to a 500-year-old depiction of The Last Supper in London’s Royal Academy, the fifth time in a week that it has disrupted a major…

18 03 2022 | 11:46

Shell directors sued for ‘failing to prepare company for net zero’

Environmental law organization ClientEarth brings action and urges other shareholders to join. The directors of Shell are being sued for failing to properly prepare the multinational oil and gas…

14 03 2022 | 11:04

Millions suffering in deadly pollution ‘sacrifice zones’, warns UN expert.

Businesses blamed for rise of toxic hotspots hitting poor communities hardest A UN expert has warned of the creation of pollution “sacrifice zones” across the world, where tens of millions of people…

11 03 2022 | 11:59

Millions suffering in deadly pollution ‘sacrifice zones’, warns UN expert

A UN expert has warned of the creation of pollution “sacrifice zones” across the world, where tens of millions of people are suffering strokes, cancers, respiratory problems and heart disease as a…