'We have a duty to act': hundreds ready to go to jail over climate crisis

Rowan Williams backs call for mass civil obedience 'to bypass the government's inaction and defend life itself'Letter: Facts about our ecological crisis are incontrovertible. We must take actionA new group of "concerned citizens" is planning a campaign of mass civil disobedience starting next month and promises it has hundreds of people - from teenagers to pensioners - ready to get arrested in an effort to draw attention to the unfolding climate emergency.The group, called Extinction Rebellion, is today backed by almost 100 senior academics from across the UK, including the former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. Continue reading...