Tag: Global Climate Strike
This is not a drill: 700+ arrested as extinction rebellion fights...
Extinction Rebellion kicked off two weeks of protests in 60 cities worldwide, demanding urgent government action on the climate crisis.
A rising youth movement picks up where governments have failed
The youth movement is diverse and contains many political currents, but above all it is an expression of positive action, hope for the future, and readiness for far-reaching change.
“Our demands remain the same”: A conversation with Extinction Rebellion UK’s...
Starting on Friday, September 20th and scheduled to officially end on the 27th, the global climate strike movement started by Greta Thunberg has...
Voices and Stories from the NYC Climate March
Across the country and the world last Friday, kids and adults marched and rallied in solidarity in a Climate Strike. The NYC...
“People are suffering. People are dying”: Greta Thunberg opens up the...
"How dare you continue to look away, and come here saying that you are doing enough, when the politics and solutions needed are still nowhere in sight."
Climate strikers demand climate justice on ‘historic’ day of protest
The strikes are happening ahead of the UN Climate Summit, which is taking place in New York on 23 September.
Chicagoans demand climate justice in massive #GlobalClimateStrike
“My generation deserves a sustainable future. We are calling on the government to fight for us.”
How the youth-led climate strikes became a global mass movement
The Global Climate Strike is the result of a whole new generation taking bold action and could be the turning point for grassroots resistance to fossil fuels.
Over 800 climate strikes planned in U.S. on September 20th; Global...
5 days ahead of strikes, Activists of all ages, labor groups, faith leaders, businesses gear up for youth-led climate strikes in intergenerational demand for climate action
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.