Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Tag: climate activism

NYPD arrests cello-playing grandfather at Citibank climate protest, igniting outrage over...

Rozendaal, a grandfather and long-time member of Extinction Rebellion, was performing Bach’s “Suites for Cello” outside Citibank’s headquarters in Lower Manhattan as part of a broader “Summer of Heat on Wall Street” campaign.

Court clears Greta Thunberg and climate activists of charged offenses from...

Judge Laws said at the conclusion of the case on Feb. 2 at Westminster magistrates court "that the crown had failed to present enough evidence to prove their case."

Climate litigation is increasing as government action falters

"Certainly, if governments continue to fail to take meaningful climate action, especially after COP28, they will face accountability in court.”

UN strengthens children’s rights to fight climate change in court

“Children are architects, leaders, thinkers and changemakers of today’s world. Our voices matter, and they deserve to be listened to.”

How movements can keep politicians from selling out

By understanding how mainstream political culture co-opts elected officials, grassroots groups can help them resist.

Senior climate activists rally across US to ‘stop dirty banks’

"We must break the big banks' addiction to Big Oil."

As we confront the climate crisis, is bigger and faster always...

Is starting small and slow the gateway to the most meaningful social change?

3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize

Group action targeted at local decision-makers is a time-honored tradition – and I believe necessary in the current political environment for action on climate change.

A growing wave of litigation spurs climate action

A new report suggests that lawsuits alleging false or misleading “climate-washing” claims are increasing and “pushing the cause forward.”

How to save the world: Everything you need to know about...

"Yes, it's true that you can't solve the climate crisis alone, but it's even more true that we can't solve it without you. It's a team sport."

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California passes first US clothing recycling law: A bold step toward sustainability in fashion

The aim is to combat the growing environmental crisis posed by the fast fashion industry and textile waste, which has increasingly burdened the state’s landfills and ecosystem.

Ocean temperatures 800 times more likely due to climate crisis fuel Hurricane Milton’s explosive...

According to Climate Central, a research organization specializing in climate impacts, the record-breaking sea temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico provided the fuel that allowed Hurricane Milton to intensify at an unprecedented pace.

Blowout erupts in west Texas’s Permian Basin, creating 100-Foot tower of oily water

A 1961 oil and gas well is the suspected source of a geyser eruption in the region where Permian wastewater disposal is causing a flurry of earthquakes.

Supreme Court refuses to hear Biden’s emergency abortion rule appeal, allowing Texas ban to...

This decision came on the first day of the Court’s new term and has significant implications for the legal landscape of reproductive rights across the country.

How many of Trump’s nine cat lives remain? Could fear of losing explain his...

The problem is that the unfeeling Trumpian brew of chaos, cynicism, and suspicion sabotage what open, healthy democratic systems depend on.