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Extinction Rebellion activists hijack the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day in climate change protest By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 09:25 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 09:26 GMT, 11 November 2020 Extinction Rebellion activists have hijacked the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day in a ‘truly shameful’ climate change protest. Their banner read ‘Honour Their Sacrifice, Climate … Read more
A teenage Extinction Rebellion protester who is camped on top of a crane in Norwich says he is ‘cold but in good health’ 24 hours after climbing the structure. Alex Sidney, 17, from Dereham, in Norfolk, scaled the crane on Duke Street early on Saturday morning carrying a sleeping bag, supplies and several banners promoting … Read more
Great tit extinction threat: One of Britain’s most common garden birds could be WIPED OUT by 2100 as climate change causes insect larvae to hatch ‘too early’ leaving no food for chicks Researchers studied the population trends in bird and insect larvae populations They found that warmer climates make the insects come out earlier in … Read more
Extinction Rebellion have blocked the gates of a large oil refinery in Scotland with boats in a protest against pollution. Climate activists claim Ineos is the country’s biggest polluter and is staging the blockade at Grangemouth as part of a programme of action. Small groups of no more than six people have locked themselves together at … Read more
Extinction Rebellion protests have cost taxpayers £15 million in policing costs since April alone with disruptive stunts including blocking newspaper printers. The Home Office gave the Metropolitan Police millions of pounds of taxpayer money so far this financial year to fund the mounting costs of policing the extreme environmentalist group. Last month, 600 XR protestors … Read more
University of Bristol palaeontologist Professor Mike Benton has said that the ancestors of both mammals and birds became warm-blooded at the same time, some 250 million years ago. Around this time, life was recovering from the greatest mass extinction of all time – the Great Dying. The Great Dying mass extinction killed around 90 per cent … Read more
Artificial rope bridges could help save the world’s rarest primate — the Hainan gibbon, Nomascus hainanus — by helping them cross gaps in their forest habitat. Experts who suspended ropes some 30 feet above ground across a damaged patch of forest 52 feet wide have filmed the gibbons using the bridge for the first time. The … Read more
Puffins and other seabirds will be driven to extinction by Boris Johnson’s plan to power Britain with ‘limitless’ offshore wind energy by 2030, warns RSPB Charity said Government’s green energy plan risks ‘irreversible seabird losses’ Offshore wind farms are frequently set up in shallow waters, where birds feed RSPB has urged Boris Johnson to keep … Read more
Furious butchers chase animal rights activists out of London’s Smithfield meat market as attempted demo ends in farce Footage shows group of protestors getting chased out of market by butchers The furious altercation took place at Smithfield Market in London last Friday Historic market has previously been targeted by Animal Rebellion protestors By Amie Gordon … Read more
Coronavirus is pushing cinemas to the brink of extinction, warns Wonder Woman director By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:59 BST, 8 October 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 8 October 2020 A top Hollywood director has warned the coronavirus is pushing cinemas to the brink of extinction. Patty Jenkins, whose films include Wonder … Read more