Activism
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Woman sets out to paddleboard length of England to highlight plastic pollutionLizzie Carr aims to become the first person to stand-up paddleboard 643km along connected waterways from Surrey to Cumbria -
Greenpeace activists target destructive fishing in Indian Ocean – in picturesWith some Indian Ocean tuna stocks on the brink of collapse, the expedition exposes harmful methods by the world’s largest tuna company, Thai Union, owner of John West -
Dozens arrested as anti-fossil fuel protesters join Australian coal blockadePolice arrest 66 people after climate change activists block train tracks and entrance to Newcastle harbour as part of global Break Free From Fossil Fuels actions
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Museums face ethics investigation over influence of sponsor BPDocuments appear to show British Museum, National Portrait Gallery and others accommodating oil firm’s demands
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Australian mining company denies role in murder of South African activistCampaigners claim death of Sikhosiphi Rhadebe is an escalation of violence against opponents of a mine owned by Perth’s Mineral Commodities Limited
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Green days: why outsider musicians are putting eco-consciousness on recordAnohni and THEEsatisfaction are in the vanguard of artists using their music to challenge ecocide and resist big business on behalf of minorities
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Liberate Tate's six-year campaign to end BP's art gallery sponsorship – in picturesLast week BP announced it was ending its Tate sponsorship after 26 years, citing a ‘challenging business environment’. We look back at protests staged by the art collective, from a mass exorcism to a live tattoo event
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UN envoy warns of environmental activist murder ‘epidemic’Climate Home: Expert on indigenous rights demands consumers boycott ‘blood-tainted’ products from land grabs amid weak state response
'Break Free' fossil fuel protests deemed 'largest ever' global disobedience