Climate Activism

LONDON: England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow wrestled a protester to the ground as climate activists briefly interrupted play on the first day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's on Wednesday (Jun 28). Just before Stuart Broad bowled the…

"We won't let them go," said Marie Cohuet, spokeswoman for climate campaigners Alternatiba. TotalEnergies "embodies the worst of what is done in terms of the exploitation of people and the planet," Cohuet said. The company wanted to avoid…

"COMPLETELY NUTS" Most have received fines for disrupting traffic or obstructing police work but some courts have begun toughening their sentences to also hand down jail convictions. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his coalition have also…

Tuesday's AGM came after Shell posted a sharp jump in first-quarter profit on resurgent oil prices, mirroring bumper earnings at rivals BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies. The carbon-intensive sector has faced fierce criticism from…

AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands arm of climate activist group Extinction Rebellion protested on Sunday (Mar 5) next to Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. Two of the protesters held up a replica of the famous…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: Hundreds of climate activists blocked one of the main roads into The Hague on Saturday (Jan 28), defying attempts to prevent their protest that has sparked concerns about restrictions on the right to demonstrate in…

The gasps in room 43 of the National Gallery in London capture the raw emotion of a shocking moment. On Friday, two activists with the group Just Stop Oil walked into the gallery and tossed a can of tomato soup on a priceless painting…