Two women claiming to be climate activists allegedly vandalized an Emily Carr painting titled “Stumps and Sky” at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Nov. 12 and then issued a press release on Twitter saying it was to demand an end to the Coastal GasLink Pipeline in Northern B.C. Erin Fletcher, 19, and Emily Kelsall from a…
Climate Activists Vandalize 1934 Emily Carr Painting With Maple Syrup in Vancouver
UK Police Vow to ‘Bring to Justice’ Climate Protesters Causing Motorway Disruption
London’s Metropolitan Police is “determined to bring to justice” climate protesters who cause disruption on the UK’s busiest motorway, a senior police officer has said. Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said on Nov. 8 that the force had “responded swiftly and robustly” to attempts by the Just Stop Oil group to disrupt the M25, a busy…
Climate Activists Cause Disruption on UK’s Busiest Motorway as COP27 Gets Under Way
Climate protesters have caused disruption on the UK’s busiest motorway despite a major police operation to foil their plans, just as the COP27 climate summit gets under way in Egypt. Climate group Just Stop Oil, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, said “action has gone ahead in multiple locations on the M25” during morning rush hour…
UK Court Issues New Injunction Banning Climate Protesters Blocking Motorway
Britain’s National Highways has secured a High Court injunction to prevent climate protesters disrupting England’s busiest motorway. Climate group Just Stop Oil, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, has been staging disruptive protests in an attempt to highlight its call for the UK government to begin the process of winding down fossil fuel production in the…
Rex Murphy: Say It’s About ‘Climate Change,’ and Media Will Give You a Hail
Commentary The now world-known vandalism by two eco-religionist, self-licensed “soup-throwers” in a London art gallery earned this headline from a Canadian TV network: “Climate activists use Van Gogh vandalism to make us question our priorities.” What? Did they? How? It’s a mess of a sentence, and a mess of a thought, and should be a…
UK Announces Plans to Crack Down on Climate Protests
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has unveiled plans for a major crackdown on disruptive protests by climate activists, whom she described as “thugs and vandals” trying to hold the public “to ransom.” Climate activists from groups such as Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil, and Insulate Britain have staged various protests and demonstrations in recent months,…
Climate Activists Plead Not Guilty After Throwing Soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Two female climate activists who threw soup on one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings pleaded not guilty to criminal damage charges on Saturday. A third female climate activist also pleaded not guilty at a separate hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. She was charged with criminal damage after spraypainting the sign outside the Met’s headquarters…
UK Climate Activists Arrested After Throwing Soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
October 14, 2022
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Two UK climate activists have been arrested after throwing tinned soup at one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings in the National Gallery in London. The activists, who are supporters of the Just Stop Oil organisation, threw two tins of Heinz Tomato soup over the 1888 work Sunflowers shortly after 11 a.m. on Friday,…
UK Climate Activists Arrested After Blocking Road Outside Buckingham Palace
October 10, 2022
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Over two dozen climate activists from Just Stop Oil have been arrested after they blocked The Mall outside Buckingham Palace in protest against the expansion of oil and gas projects in the UK. The Metropolitan Police said 25 arrests had been made at The Mall, after members of Just Stop Oil, a spin-off from Extinction…
Climate Activists Block Roads in London in Protest Against New Energy Projects
October 7, 2022
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Climate activists have blocked roads in central London for a seventh day as they protest against the UK government’s decision to expand oil and gas development to alleviate the energy crisis. The Just Stop Oil organisation, a spin-off from Extinction Rebellion, said on Friday that 22 of its supporters were arrested by Metropolitan Police after…
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