all HXR Actions
1st January 2025: HXR posts New Year video and calls for hope and action after a decade of deadly heat
As the United Nations Secretary General reports on 2024 as a decade of unprecedented heat and extreme weather, HXR shares […]
30th Dec 2024: HXR email to David Lammy MP in response to the devastating Israeli attacks on hospitals and health workers in Gaza
Dear Mr Lammy, We are writing to express our ongoing and escalating alarm at the deliberate targeting by the Israeli […]
3rd & 4th Dec 2024: HXR members gather outside GMC HQ during Dr Sarah Benn’s BMA-funded appeal
In April this year, Dr Sarah Benn, a retired GP of over 32 years standing, became the first doctor to […]
2nd Dec 2024: HXR members risk arrest in solidarity with Sarah Benn
A group of HXR doctors and nurses protested peacefully against the fossil fuel industry today, on injuncted land at Kingsbury […]
29th Nov 2024: Health professionals, Scientists and Lawyers occupy “Magic Circle” law firms
Members of Health for Extinction Rebellion joined Medical colleagues, Scientists and Lawyers in a time limited occupation of the so-called […]
23rd Nov. 2024: HXR members take part in Plymouth Climate Summit
On 23rd November, HXR members braved the bad weather to take part in Plymouth’s well attended Climate March and Summit. […]
Can property damage ever be an act of care? Dr Patrick Hart demonstrates courage and compassion facing down Exxon Mobil.
Dr Patrick Hart closing statement at Chelmsford Crown court, 29-10-24 “I hope it has been clear to you that I […]
28 Oct. 2024: Health Workers stage protest in insurance giant AXA’s lobby to highlight its role in facilitating the continued expansion of fossil fuels
This morning a group of health professionals affiliated with Extinction Rebellion staged a protest at AXA UK, one of the […]
27th Oct 2024: Health workers and patients gather to dispel the GMC’s pretence that climate action taken by doctors undermines public trust
The Public has Spoken, Gathering outside the GMC At 3:00 PM on Thursday, a group of health workers and patients […]
October 2024: BMJ bans adverts from fossil fuel funding banks following HXR criticism.
In October 2024 the British Medical Journal announced their decision to ban advertising from banks which fund fossil fuel companies. […]