Month: August 2020

Video of Rebellion Day 1 (Fri 28th)

This video by Josh Nicoll (website, Instagram) captures the two actions carried out in Bath on Friday 28th August: the banner drop on the A46, and the Esso garage action on London Road.

XR UK nationwide banner drop

Video by joshnicoll.com XR Bath hung three huge banners calling for the UK Govt to build back green as part of a UK-wide mass banner drop across the A46 and the London Road roundabout. Photo Credit: Jamie Bellinger

Exxon and their LIES

Rebels protested at the Esso Garage on London Road to highlight Exxon Mobil’s decades-long campaign of lies. See here for more info. (https://xrbath.org.uk/2020/08/25/esso-continues-decades-of-climate-denial/)  This action got the front page of the Bath Chronicle. More press coverage here : https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/pictures-show-extinction-rebellion-action-4464893 

Health alert slapped on petrol pumps for Doctors for XR

Bath rebels kicked off the Autumn XR Rebellion by joining the Doctors for XR national campaign alerting motorists to the health risks of fossil fuel pollution. They slapped stickers on petrol pumps throughout Bath and the local area, including Bradford on Avon, Midsomer Norton and Paulton. https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/18694622.staff-texaco-petrol-stations-bradford-avon-quickly-removed-extinction-rebellion-health-warning-stickers-petrol-pumps/    https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/pictures-show-extinction-rebellion-action-4464893)