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The environmentalist group gathered near London’s Trafalgar Square on Monday, where protesters attempted to shut down a roundabout, some chaining themselves to a pink, 4-meter tall structure carrying the words “Come to the table.” Others were seen crawling under cars in an effort to block the road. The demonstration came …

“The scale of the threats to the biosphere and all its lifeforms – including humanity – is in fact so great that it is difficult to grasp for even well-informed experts,” a group of 17 scientists from the US, Australia, and Mexico, warned in an article published in the environmentalist …

After their attack on freedom of the press by blockading national newspaper printworks backfired, having been condemned from all sides, the perpetual students of Extinction Rebellion have devised a new campaign that is not only self-destructive – it’s idiotic. The big new idea is Money Rebellion. Yep, and you thought …

More than a hundred climate activists used vehicles and bamboo structures to block roads leading to Newsprinters’ print works in Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, Knowsley in Merseyside and near Motherwell in Scotland’s North Lanarkshire on Friday. The presses in question print newspapers owned by Australian-born American media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, including …

A sizable crowd of protesters calling for “climate justice” descended on London and Manchester on Tuesday, seen carrying a bright array of signs and placards, while in some areas marching bands joined the procession. Despite a festive atmosphere, however, London’s Metropolitan police said it had made some 90 arrests by …

Pint-sized 17-year-old Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg announced last week that she was stepping out of the limelight and returning to school, but it seems she’s not the only climate change activist who could use a bit more classroom time. Because if Serena Schellenberg, age 59, was equipped with …

Excuse me while I yawn, but we are heading for another weekend of tiresome protests as those who feel they must be heard plan to take to the streets in support of some cause or other – usually one in which they demand the rest of us simply must engage. …

Rosstat just released fresh data on the demographic processes in Russia. But, despite their ability to turn black into white, the statistical office is forced to admit that the extinction of the population of the country continues, and the pace has even accelerated. The total population of Russia in January-September …

Due to the depletion of land decreased their fertility at a quarter of the planet. As the alarm on the future of the planet sounds the report of the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystems (IPBES). Humanity has reached the sad record of our activities threatened animals and plants …

Voiced concerns of researchers. Scientists from the UK has estimated that the volcanic Apocalypse scenario much more likely than previously thought. Eruption that could wipe out a civilization in Earth’s history happened very rarely, but new research suggests that they may be more common than previously thought, writes the Independent. …