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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

Earth 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

Earth 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

Earth 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

Earth 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

Earth News

German climate activists will no longer glue themselves to streets

Last Generation says its tactics will remain ‘unignorable’ with more direct confrontation of polluters.

30/01/2024

Earth News

Greta Thunberg protests outside UK’s biggest private jet airport

The airport is seeking to increase its maximum number of flights to 70,000 a year, including private trips with pets.

29/01/2024

Climate

Greta Thunberg calls COP28 climate deal a 'stab in the back'

What do Greta, Vanessa Nakate, Mitzi Jonelle Tan and other climate justice activists think of the UAE Consensus?

18/12/2023

Climate

Euroviews. Will we allow peaceful marches to be classified as a crime?

From Germany and Sweden to the UK earlier this month, Greta Thunberg has now been prosecuted in a hat-trick of countries in 2023. Her court cases are indicative of governments increasingly cracking down on the right to protest, Barney Cullum writes.

23/11/2023

Earth News

Date set for Greta Thunberg’s London trial over climate protest

Fossil Free London campaigners say the charges are part of a wider government crackdown on the right to protest.

15/11/2023

Culture news

Just Stop Oil climate activists attack Velazquez painting in London

The non-violent civil resistance movement Just Stop Oil, which demands that the UK government halts all future licensing for development and production of fossil fuels, is at it again. This time, climate activists have smashed the glass protecting a Velazquez painting in London's National Gallery.

07/11/2023

Earth News

Over 60 Just Stop Oil activists arrested for blocking London road

The UK is following in other European countries footsteps with new powers to break up the climate group's slow marches.

31/10/2023

Earth News

Greta Thunberg fined in court before travelling to wind farm protest

She said she will continue to protest even if "it leads to more sentences".

12/10/2023

Earth News

Weekend of global climate protests calls for end of fossil fuels

People took part in climate marches and protests in hundreds of cities across more than 50 countries.

18/09/2023

Climate

Global Climate Strikes turn 5: Have protests turned into progress?

In the lead up to this year’s Global Climate Strike, Europe’s climate researchers share the changes they have seen.

15/09/2023

Europe Decoded

The Italian government's climate stance differs at home or abroad

When it comes to dealing with the issue of climate change, the government of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appears to have two very separate audiences: the domestic one and the international one.

11/08/2023

Earth News

Europe is cracking down on ‘direct action’ climate protests

Some countries are invoking legal powers often used against organised crime and extremist groups.

10/08/2023

Earth News

Activists will be allowed to protest ‘peacefully’ at COP28, says UAE

Campaigners vow they will resist any attempts to curtail civil society participation at the UN climate summit in Dubai this year.

02/08/2023