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Watch: Just Stop Oil activists disrupt Sigourney Weaver West End show

The climate activists have targeted works of art, Stonehenge, Taylor Swift's jet and Charles Darwin's grave. Now, they're interrupting a Hollywood legend on stage, in order to raise the alarm about a "global shipwreck"...

28/01/2025

Culture news

Just Stop Oil activists arrested for targeting Charles Darwin’s grave

The activists claimed famous evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin would support their cause if he were alive today, citing the ongoing sixth mass extinction.

14/01/2025

Green News

UK arrest rate for climate protests is highest in Europe

New powers for police have seen an increased number of climate protest-related arrests.

12/12/2024

Green News

A true Black Friday? Amazon’s whistleblower workers fight for climate

Amazon workers in 20 countries are on strike today over the company's drive to increase overconsumption.

29/11/2024

Green News

EU governments using ‘harsh new laws’ on climate activists

Some Western nations are using old legislation or enacting harsh new laws to restrict the right to peaceful protest and impose disproportionate penalties, a report warns.

11/09/2024

Green News

King Charles invited to join climate protest outside his castle

The Upgrade Democracy event aims to highlight the UK’s “broken system” and get the government to create a citizen’s assembly.

25/08/2024

Green News

Just Stop Oil activists get record sentences for peaceful protest

Protesters behind 2022's M25 shutdown have been handed four and five year prison sentences.

19/07/2024

Green News

From defacing Stonehenge to human chains: Climate protests in pictures

From Just Stop Oil splattering Stonehenge with orange powder to a 30,000-strong human chain in the Netherlands.

24/06/2024

Culture news

Just Stop Oil targets Taylor Swift’s jet – and fails to locate it

Climate activists paint two planes at random after failing to locate Taylor Swift's plane, as the singer lands ahead of her Wembley show.

20/06/2024

Culture news

UK police arrest Just Stop Oil activists after Stonehenge defaced

Just Stop Oil protesters have sprayed Stonehenge orange on the eve of the summer solstice, to demand the UK's next government legally commit to phasing out fossil fuels by 2030.

19/06/2024

Europe News

Extinction Rebellion protesters chain themselves up outside G7 summit

One protester accused G7 leaders of “taking no measures” while another stressed the need for “radical action”.

15/06/2024

Green News

Is ‘greenlash’ driving the rise of the far-right in the EU elections?

Euronews Green delves into how party agendas could sway priorities at the European Parliamentary election.

06/06/2024

Climate

Meet the young European climate activists running in the EU elections

A generation of young Europeans that became activists while still at school is now of age to take up positions in political office.

30/05/2024

Culture news

Crying out for change: A short history of student protests in Europe

With demonstrations erupting across the US and Europe against the West arming Israel in its bombardment of Gaza and the rising civilian casualties, we take a look back at the history of student protests in Europe.

05/05/2024

Green News

UK pensioner who faced jail over climate trial sign has case dismissed

Trudi Warner has described her ‘joy’ after the High Court judge ruled the government had no contempt of court case against her.

23/04/2024

Green News

The Hague police accused of breaking climate activist’s elbow

Police say climate activists were warned that violence could be used against them if they blocked a highway again.

10/04/2024

Markets

Could far-right voters spark a backlash on the EU's Green Deal?

Support for far-right parties is surging ahead of June's European Parliament elections. This could mean Europe's Green Deal comes under threat.

22/03/2024

Green News

Why are activists targeting European airports today?

Campaigners are making a noise ahead of a meeting with France’s transport minister about flight caps on Friday.

13/03/2024

Climate

What is the role of insurance companies in the fossil fuel industry?

Environmentalist movement Extinction Rebellion is leading a week-long campaign in the UK targeting the global insurance industry.

23/02/2024

Green News

'Belief in consent’: UK climate activists could lose key defence

Five XR protesters could be the last to use the statutory defence, after the government asked the Court of Appeal to review it.

21/02/2024