Monday, May 12, 2025

Tag: climate activists

Should climate activists target fossil fuel subsidies?

It’s hard to imagine Sanders and Musk actually agreeing on much, but the message from Sanders got me wondering about another area of wild government overspending: fossil fuel subsidies.

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.

Climate activists and UAW escalate election pressure: Disruptions and endorsements ahead...

Climate activists have disrupted campaign events of major political figures, while the UAW has taken a firm stance in the upcoming 2024 election.

2024: Dread and hope

Saving our civilization from impending environmental disaster is perhaps the one issue capable of uniting us.

Young climate activists at Davos want fossil fuel execs to ‘cease...

“I just think it sends a message of where we’re headed right now, if we’re putting the heads of fossil fuel companies to lead climate negotiations.”

Greenpeace activists who blocked Houston Ship Channel in 2019 sign agreement...

The Pretrial Intervention Agreement was part of a "negotiation to expedite the dismissal of charges in lieu of a trial."

Young climate activists have far more power than they realize

This story is part of The Conversation’s coverage on COP26, the Glasgow climate conference, by experts from around the world.

Climate activists mount utility strike to urge the shutdown of New...

The Strike Down Coal campaign provides a COVID-safe form of disobedience, building on more than a year of direct actions to shut down Merrimack Station.

Senate Dems share new climate report disappointing green groups and climate...

“The report fails to address the vital need to end the extraction, processing, and burning of fossil fuels, and instead sees a future for fossil fuels tied to the false promise of carbon capture.”

For climate activists, coronavirus lockdown means more time to organize

"This pandemic is a preview of what could happen to our world if we don’t adequately address the climate crisis. Only it’s going to be tenfold worse."

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Seven dead in ICE custody in Trump’s first 100 days as detainee population swells

At least seven migrants have died in ICE custody since January, as the Trump administration expands detention and dismantles oversight across a system plagued by abuse, neglect, and inhumane conditions.

The real evil empire may surprise you

Serving in (or thinking about) the U.S. military for 40 years.

Texas voters reject far right school boards in sweeping backlash to book bans

Dozens of candidates who backed book censorship policies lost their seats in school board elections across Texas, signaling public fatigue with partisan attacks on students, educators, and libraries.

GOP Medicaid cuts would drop millions from coverage while boosting tax breaks for the...

New Republican plan could strip 8.6 million Americans of healthcare while permanently enriching the ultra-wealthy through revived 2017 tax breaks.

One in ten Americans lives in a sinking city, new study finds

Groundbreaking research from Columbia University reveals that land beneath America’s largest cities is sinking—mostly due to groundwater extraction—posing a hidden but growing threat to infrastructure, flood safety, and climate resilience.