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for action on climate change. They took a tour of climate criminals whose offices are based in central London, BP, BAA, Shell, Unilever, before congregating on
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than any other UK bank. Climate Rush held a street party outside their London head offices forcing them to shut their doors for two hours and hindering the smooth running of their business. Their protest was reported in the
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group of activists who were so concerned about climate change that they would risk arrest as they walked into the Houses of
Parliament to hold a debate about the climate impact of Heathrow. They were joined, last minute, by a pensioner from Twickenham who frustrated with writing to her MP and going on marches had decided to take a step further and engage in civil disobedience.
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As BP spent the summer of 2010 trying to clean up its image by sponsoring arts, a group of climate suffragettes went to the opera (a live screening from the Royal Opera house in
Trafalgar square) to remind the crowd, and the company, that its reckless actions wouldn't be forgotten with a climate rush
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In the week when Fred "the Shred" Goodwin, CEO of a nationalised Royal Bank of
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On 13 October 2008 Climate Rush held a rally in
Parliament Square to celebrate the anniversary of the Suffragette Rush on Parliament. Protesters wanted Parliament to take action on climate change. Three days later Ed Miliband, Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, reformed climate policy pledging
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On the eve of the largest Agro-fuels investment conference Climate Rush decided to rush the hotel where the major investors in agro-fuels were holding their gala dinner. They pledged to have a protesting presence at any conference that was pushing false solutions, such as unsustainable agro-fuels,
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On 18 November 1910, known as Black Friday 300 Suffragettes were met by 5000 police officers. Over a hundred Suffragettes were arrested, they were brutally treated, sexually assaulted and trampled. Climate Rush held a silent vigil in memory of these brave and inspiring women. Both Helen and Laura
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On the evening of the UK COAL AWARDS held at the Landmark Hotel in London, Climate Rush decided to disrupt the event. They publicised that they would be holding their own NO NEW COAL AWARDS at the same hotel at the same time. The UK COAL AWARDS decided to cancel their event, costing them at least
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On 12 January 2009, two days before the government gave the go ahead for a third runway at Heathrow, Climate Rush held a sit-in dinner at domestic departures, Terminal One. The new runway would have made Heathrow the largest carbon emitter in the UK. Over 700 Climate Suffragettes protested in the
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At 6 AM on the day before the Lib Dem conference, six (very apologetic) climate couriers were ringing on Nick Clegg's doorbell to deliver a rather unusual package – a huge climate viagra to help him 'get hard' on tackling climate change. Inspired by the film Beyond the Pole, which has as its
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Climate Rush take inspiration from the Suffragettes so to mark the centenary of Marjory Hume's chaining herself to a statue in Parliament four climate suffragettes glued themselves around the same statue. It was four days after Ed Miliband declared his plan to invest in a new generation of
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Three women and one man arrived at the Treasury and jumped off their bikes. They took spray cans from their bags and graffitied an image of Chancellor George Osborne next to his own words: 'A CONSERVATIVE TREASURY WILL DRIVE GREEN GROWTH... BY FINANCING A GREEN RECOVERY'. The stencil was
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144:. Their website states that, "We are a diverse group of women and men who are determined to raise awareness of the biggest threat facing humanity today - that of Climate Change". The organisation was founded in October 2008 by a group of eleven women, including
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