National Trust members and other locals hold climate protest at Prior Park
Yesterday, 30th July, visitors to Prior Park held a demonstration, calling on The National Trust to stop banking with Barclays.
Actions
Rebranding Barclays and HSBC ATMs
Bath rebels alerted customers to the news that these banks are the number 1 and 2 funders of fossil fuels in Europe – and the number 2 and 3 funders of biodiversity! Stickers were stuck on ATMs in Bath and Cardiff. Clean up your acts! See this recent twitter thread 🙁https://twitter.com/money_rebellion/status/1327537330840870913) from XR Money Rebellion, …
NOGASPS
Photo: Josh Nicoll joshnicoll.com The NoGasPS in Midsomer Norton campaign At the end of September a Bath XR rebel group formed to protest against the planned construction of a gas-fuelled power station at Midsomer Norton. Working closely with local residents, we launched the NO GAS POWER STATION IN MIDSOMER NORTON campaign on Clean Air Day, …
JRM Protest
On Saturday 17th October, MP Jacob Rees-Mogg was met by members of Keynsham and Bath Extinction Rebellion holding a coffin enclosing a model of the Earth and tolling a drum as they held a silent vigil as a wake for the dying planet, outside his constituency surgery in Saltford.The action was the top story in …
Englishcombe Lane campaign
A group of Bath rebels are supporting the protest against this development of 37 houses on a geologically rare tufa field and ecosystem where protected slow worms were recently killed. See this website for more information: https://tufafield.ddns.net/
Global Climate Action Day silent vigil
A group of Bath rebels protested outside Bath’s Guildhall in solidarity with actions taking place worldwide organised by the school strike movement, Fridays for Future. Dressed in black and holding placards, they held a silent vigil outside the Guildhall as a sombre reminder that whilst we live in the midst of a pandemic, the climate …
Mineral Hospital redevelopment
Photo: Josh Nicoll joshnicoll.com Save the Min garden! On Saturday 19th September, Extinction Rebellion Bath held a socially distanced protest in the City Centre, regarding the planning application for the redevelopment of the historic Royal Mineral Water Hospital. The current proposals include the construction of a very large, four storey extension in the open space …
XR Rebellion in London
A group of 13 Bath rebels headed for London and another group headed for Cardiff to participate in actions throughout the city. In London eight Bath rebels were arrested, having previously decided to take that step to register their protest at the Government’s lack of action. Others played an equally important part through marching, occupying …
Barclays and HSBC – Europe’s biggest fossil fuel investors
Video by joshnicoll.com Barclays and HSBC in Southgate were targeted with a powerful walking exhibition of photographs, “Drowning World”. More info on Gideon Mendel’s work. (https://xrbath.org.uk/2020/08/18/gideon-mendels-drowning-world-photo-gallery/)
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.