Hundreds of people who were arrested for their part in the peaceful Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests in April are being taken to court charged with public order offences under section 14. Here we talk to some of them and hear why the scale of the climate crisis means they were prepared to risk arrest. But as he began to research his subject in more detail, he came across a wealth of papers about the impacts of the climate crisis. Scores of Extinction Rebellion protesters face London courts Read more“I thought I knew what climate change was – it was one of the things alongside, say, homelessness and poverty that we needed tackle urgently. As the environmental crisis worsened and meaningful government action failed to materialise, he became increasingly disillusioned.

Source: The Guardian September 30, 2019 16:53 UTC