Joe Mangino, a survivor of Hurricane Sandy, is co-founder of Stafford Teachers and Residents Together (START), and the New Jersey Organizing Project (NJOP).
"We have no choice but to take direct action to put our bodies on the line because petitions, sign-waving, and chanting—we tried that for the past 50 years and it hasn't worked, and we're out of time," said one arrested activist.
“Glaciers are the ambassadors of climate change. They make it very clear what is happening out there because they respond in a very sensitive way to warming temperatures.”