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Posted on September 6, 2020 by XR Dorking Overnight on Friday, 4th September, over 100 rebels blockaded newspaper printers overnight, successfully preventing The Sun, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Times from reaching newsstands all over the country. In one of Extinction Rebellion’s most coordinated and disruptive actions to date, rebels simultaneously took site in Broxbourne, L…

Posted on August 30, 2020 by XR Dorking Local rebels joined a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party outside Gatwick Airport yesterday to protest against the high carbon footprint of the airline industry. Less than 10% of the world’s population has ever been on a plane. Yet the airline industry is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. Rebels in fancy dress were joined by a former pilot who l…

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Alice BACKGROUND Air pollution is one of the largest environmental risks to public health in the UK and contributes to shortening and reducing the quality of life for thousands. 40,000 deaths a year are estimated to arise from air pollution. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is widely understood to be the pollutant that is the most damaging to health and nitrogen dioxi…

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Alice If you are concerned about air quality in you area, here is a 10 step process which might be helpful. Research your local area’s air quality information Surrey Transport Plan Low emissions strategy is a good overview of current air quality status https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zwd4dkELoTvIrlDLCMqhhQa2l8HRN0YI/view?usp=sharing Surrey Air Alliance res…

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Alice https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dw4aQjUMFSdrlbs2bGgvKZvY-SCKRDLD/view?usp=drivesdk Please use this letter to ask the Government to tighten building regulations . Otherwise, more and more homes will be built below the standards we need to cut carbon emissions.

Posted on June 25, 2020 by user We are at a crossroads.The nature of the recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic will determine the extent to which we can limit the worst impacts of the climate and ecological emergency. It is clear that the world needs to cut carbon emissions in a robust and sustained way starting now or climate targets will be out of reach. If the Governmen…

Posted on August 30, 2020 by XR Dorking On Friday we joined Extinction Rebellion groups across the country in a nationwide banner drop, as part of a fossil fuel-focused day of action.  Six banners hanging on three bridges across the M25, spread our message to thousands of travellers, in the constant stream of heavy traffic throughout the day.

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Don Despite long running campaigns to persuade them, the Surrey Pension Fund (SPF) Committee has refused to commit to selling its investments in fossil fuel producers. The most recent data we have (May 2019) showed £151m of investments in oil & gas companies. In response to pressure at the last pensions committee meeting the written response was: “Holdi…

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Don Dear Rebels, How did you feel about the Canning Town Tube action, in week two of last October’s Uprising?   Did it interfere with movement-building and sympathy-winning; or was a necessary disruption in the fight for change?  Or maybe a bit of both?   Your view is urgently needed on how we – XR local, regional and national – can mix ac…

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Don Claire Benn and Christopher Harwood, both members of Extinction Rebellion Dorking, were interviewed yesterday on the BBC Radio Sussex & Surrey Danny Pike show. They gave their reaction to the inclusion of Extinction Rebellion on a South East Police list of terror organisations which was later described as “an error of judgement” and recalled. Lis…

Posted on October 20, 2019 by user Our Crowdfunder is now live. The purpose is to raise funds to help anyone in need with legal fees they may incur on behalf of Extinction Rebellion. Activism in the face of the climate and ecological emergency should be available to everyone regardless of financial situation. We added arrestee stories to the front page too. The page is at https://www.cr…

Posted on October 15, 2019 by user Dorking residents were among hundreds of protestors from Extinction Rebellion who blocked roads in the City of London on Monday 14th October to highlight the financial sector’s complicity in accelerating climate breakdown. The protests closely follow a warning from the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, that corporations which fail to move towards z…