Monday, April 22, 2019

Extinction Rebellion arrests pass 1,000 on eighth day of protests | Environment | The Guardian

‘Die-in’ staged at Natural History Museum as protesters gather at legal site in Marble Arch

More than 1,000 people have been arrested at Extinction Rebellion climate protests in London, police have said, in what organisers described as the biggest civil disobedience event in recent British history.

The Metropolitan police said that as of 10am on Monday, 1,065 arrests had been made and 53 people charged in relation to the protests.

Activists at Natural History Museum
Extinction Rebellion activists at the Natural History Museum. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images

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Saturday, April 20, 2019

‘I’m Just More Afraid of Climate Change Than I Am of Prison’ - The New York Times

‘I’m Just More Afraid of Climate Change Than I Am of Prison’

How a group of five activists called the Valve Turners decided to fight global warming by doing whatever it takes.



On Oct. 11, 2016, Michael Foster and two companions rose before dawn, left their budget hotel in Grand Forks, N.D., and drove a white rental sedan toward the Canadian border, diligently minding the speed limit. The day was cold and overcast, and Foster, his diminutive frame wrapped in a down jacket, had prepared for a morning outdoors. As the driver, Sam Jessup, followed a succession of laser-straight farm roads through the sugar-beet fields, and a documentary filmmaker, Deia Schlosberg, recorded events from the back seat, Foster sat hunched in the passenger seat, mentally rehearsing his plan.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

What if we could actually build a better world?

With a Green New Deal, Here’s What the World Could Look Like for the Next Generation

IT’S THE SPRING of 2043, and Gina is graduating college with the rest of her class. She had a relatively stable childhood. Her parents availed themselves of some of the year of paid family leave they were entitled to, and after that she was dropped off at a free child care program.

Pre-K and K-12 were also free, of course, but so was her time at college, which she began after a year of public service, during which she spent six months restoring wetlands and another six volunteering at a day care much like the one she had gone to.

Countless wind turbines at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm delivering 615 MW, in September 2017. | usage worldwide Photo by: Frank Duenzl/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
Wind turbines at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm in Riverside County, Calif., in September 2017. Photo: Frank Duenzl/picture-alliance/dpa/AP

With a Green New Deal, Here’s What the World Could Look Like for the Next Generation