Activist group Extinction Rebellion says it is under FBI investigation

Environment group says FBI is visiting climate activists’ homes as Trump administration rolls back pollution protections.Published On 19 Feb 2026Environmental group Extinction Rebellion has said that climate change activists associated with the group are being investigated by the Trump administration, which is also openly working to roll back environmental protections in the United States.The group’s New York chapter said that at least seven of its activists have been visited by FBI agents since Trump’s second term began last year, including one person who had two special agents from the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force come to their home on February 6.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4US pressures Vanuatu at UN over ICJ’s landmark climate change rulinglist 2 of 4‘An apocalypse’: Why are experts sounding the alarm on AI risks?list 3 of 4Glacier grafting: How an Indigenous art is countering water scarcitylist 4 of 4Advocacy groups sue Trump administration over endangerment finding’s repealend of listThe Department of Justice also opened an investigation into the environmental group Climate Defiance earlier this month in response to what Extinction Rebellion said was a “viral peaceful protest”.“Trump is weaponising the DOJ to attack peaceful protesters in order to appease a multi-trillion dollar fossil fuel industry that got him elected,” Extinction Rebellion’s New York chapter said in a statement shared on Instagram.“We can only assume that they are feeling threatened by our movement,” the statement added.Known as XR, the activist group garnered media attention worldwide through disruption, hitting roads, airports and other public transport networks with direct action protests against climate change in major cities.The environmental group’s global website says it is a “decentralised, international and politically non-partisan movement using non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to persuade governments to act justly” on the climate emergency.Activist Greta Thunberg has previously attended actions organised by the group.