Internal documents from the Department of Homeland Security reveal that non-violent demonstrators targeting the oil industry were classified as “extremists,” with some organization members listed alongside known white supremacists, as The Guardian reported. Five members of Climate Direct Action — Michael Foster, Ken Ward, Emily Johnston, Annette Klapstein, and Leonard Higgins — have been dubbed […]
By Nicole Leonard To close out 2019, we wanted to do something special. It’s not just the end of the year — it’s the end of an incredible decade of climate activism and a transition to the next. The challenge ahead is enormous, but if this year has taught us anything, it’s that more of […]
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II praised young climate change activists during her Christmas speech broadcast Wednesday. “The challenges many people face today may be different to those once faced by my generation, but I have been struck by how new generations have brought a similar sense of purpose to issues such as protecting our environment and […]
Students, staff and alumni from Yale and Harvard put aside a famous rivalry Saturday to call for action on the climate crisis when hundreds of them interrupted the annual football game between the two Ivy League schools, delaying it for nearly an hour. The protesters called on the two universities to divest their combined endowment […]
Passengers trying to reach Berlin’s Tegel Airport on Sunday were hit with delays after police blocked roads and enacted tighter security controls in response to a climate protest. Around 50 members of the group “Am Boden Bleiben,” which means “stay grounded” in German, gathered in the main entrance of Terminal A to hold a sit-in. […]
More than 7.6 million people joined a climate strike during September’s week of global action, making the week of strikes one of the biggest protests in world history. Now, it turns out the that movement is big enough to change the English language. Collins Dictionary has chosen “climate strike” as its Word of the Year […]
The Metropolitan Police’s decision to ban Extinction Rebellion from London last month was “unlawful,” the city’s high court ruled Wednesday, as CNN reported. The police imposed the ban Oct. 14 for the last four days of Extinction Rebellion’s two-week “Autumn Uprising,” a campaign of civil disobedience in London intended to pressure the government into action […]
Despite Chile’s last-minute announcement that it could no longer host the COP25 UN Climate Change Conference, the talks will continue as scheduled in Madrid, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa confirmed Friday. The announcement came one day after Chilean President Sebastián Piñera of Chile said that acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez had volunteered […]
Howey Ou strode across the flower market of her home city of Guilin on a hazy October afternoon. But she had no consideration for the rhododendrons, anemones and bougainvilleas the shopkeepers had lined up along the market aisles. She was headed to a small stand at the very end of the market where she picked […]
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