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XR graduate’s climate activism at Cambridge presentation is a first

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Sustainability student Sarah Clark attended ceremony with Extinction Rebellion in mind

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Cambridge climate protesters target BP recruitment events

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Cambridge climate protesters target BP recruitment events

The recruitment events were held in the same week that the University announced a new initiative to respond to climate change

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Extinction Rebellion Blockade Queen’s Road

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Extinction Rebellion Blockade Queen’s Road

Protestors held up traffic for ten minutes

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Further push for west Norfolk to declare climate emergency

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Activists will once again attempt to get a climate emergency declared in west Norfolk.

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Paul Gilding: Climate Emergency Defined

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What is a climate emergency and does the evidence justify one? This report from CISL Fellow Paul Gilding reviews the evidence about the scale, timing and urgency of the risks posed by climate change to determine whether an emergency response is both necessary and feasible.

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Six Extinction Rebellion activists from Norwich arrested outside Barclays bank

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Six Extinction Rebellion protestors were arrested today after gluing themselves outside the headquarters of Barclays Bank at Canary Wharf.

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Do we need more low energy homes?

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As our awareness around climate change increases, Ron Beattie discusses why low energy homes might be the answer.

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Peterborough Extinction Rebellion protesters take part in City of London blockade

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Extinction Rebellion protesters from Peterborough helped to blockade part of the City of London this morning (Monday).

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‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas

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‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas

Image: Virgil Andrei, Department of Chemistry Monday, October 21, 2019 A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, researchers here have successfully demonstrated. And the artificial leaf could eventually be used to develop a sustainable liquid fuel alternative to…

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Reaction to town centre Extinction Rebellion protest ‘very mixed’

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Members of Extinction Rebellion Lowestoft have braved the rain to hand out fliers and flapjacks in the town centre.

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