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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‘No nonprofit is safe’: Trump escalates federal crackdown on civil society organizations
From Ivy League universities to climate and justice nonprofits, the Trump administration is deploying tax threats, federal takeovers, and embedded agents to suppress ideological dissent and dismantle nonprofit independence.
Sick and unsafe: Trump attacks on workers’ rights is an attack on public health
This power shift hasn't just changed paychecks—it has fundamentally altered the physical and mental health landscape for millions of Americans.
Facing Trump’s America
As we experience Donald Trump’s twenty-first-century version of White nationalism, how we dealt with that difficult past should help us remember that we lived through terrible times by confronting them and that we can do so again.
‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital amid mass graves...
Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.
Trump fast-tracks Great Lakes oil tunnel, triggering outcry over water and climate risks
Environmental groups and tribal nations warn the Line 5 tunnel project could endanger drinking water for 40 million people after Trump administration classifies it as an emergency.