Behind-the-scenes film captures the build-up and the experience of six ordinary women who climbed the tallest building in Europe to protest against Shell’s plan to drill for oil in the Arctic. It is up to us to stop Shell’s dangerous and destructive plans.
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The climbers were Ali from the UK, Liesbeth from the Netherlands, Sabine from Belgium, Sandra from Sweden, Victoria from Canada, and Wiola from Poland.
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Wow, look at Gideon Falter's facial expression at the end when he's been caught out 👀 #C4News
"Today Channel 4 News has seen new exchanges with different officers in different locations"
Police officer, "I've been told you keep running into the protestors"
Gideon Falter,
In this experiment Dr Rob Thompson from the University of Reading shows how long it takes a cup of water to soak into parched ground. This is why heavy rainfall after a drought can be really dangerous & might lead to flash flooding
This case should never have been brought. It was a vindictive prosecution by the Solicitor General, a government minister. The judge has seen sense.
📣 BREAKING from the High Court:
Judge Justice Saini has refused permission for the Solicitor General to pursue retired social worker Trudi Warner for Contempt of Court over holding a placard outside court telling jurors they have a right to acquit on their conscience 🪧
Last Saturday marked 4/20, an international celebration of all things weed, and to mark it a photographer processed a roll of film using cannabis flower.
A radical British politics rooted in nature is spreading – and the establishment doesn’t like it | John Harris
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The largest digital camera ever made – a 6,600-pound, 3,200-megapixel monster – is finally complete.
We've seen it in person and it's incredible! Come along with us to learn about the sensor, lens, and why it even exists.
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Researchers have discovered that some populations of monkeys have entered their Stone Age.
They have started using stone tools to break nuts and shellfish, making them a further type of primates to do so after us.
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