On Friday, hundreds of protesters marched between the headquarters of NBC News and ABC News to draw attention to the lack of serious media coverage about the climate emergency. This mass march was the first major action of Extinction Rebellion's Spring 2022 Uprising, in which the organization is taking to the next level its resistance to the dangerously inadequate public response to impending catastrophic climate change.
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Early in the morning of November 29th, Extinction Rebellion activists placed a banner reading “1% of people cause 50% of aviation emissions,” at the entrance of the Westchester County Airport.
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Extinction Rebellion activists blocked the entrances of the United Nations Headquarters with a banner reading "Criminal Climate Betrayal." The action comes days after the close of COP26, which failed to meet the urgency of the climate crisis and delayed consideration of bigger emission cuts until the end of 2022, "requesting" that governments come up with stronger pledges by that date.
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Extinction Rebellion and Sunrise Movement activists were arrested for disrupting this morning’s rush hour traffic on FDR Drive and West Side Highway. They vowed to cause further disruption until President Biden takes executive action to fulfill his climate pledge to cut U.S. emissions in half by 2030.
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New York, NY – Extinction Rebellion activists appeared in New York County Criminal Court on Wednesday, October 6th, to face charges for their direct action protests against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citibank, the largest financiers of fossil fuel projects responsible for the climate crisis, which took place on September 17th.
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This morning, Extinction Rebellion NYC simultaneously carried out direct action protests against three banks that are the largest investors in fossil fuel infrastructure, directly financing the causes of the climate crisis. At the headquarters of Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citibank in Manhattan, Extinction Rebellion NYC activists blocked entrances, set up tripods and even (at the JPMorgan Chase site) dropped a boat to carry the message to New Yorkers and the world, that these banks are funding the cause of the climate crisis.
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On April 2, 2021, members of Extinction Rebellion took part in civil disobedience outside multiple banks in NYC, including JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, TD Bank and Citibank.
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Yesterday, Extinction Rebellion NYC defended the youth, whom inaction on climate change has imperiled. The organization called out the political establishment and sharply criticized local politicians, including Mayor de Blasio and the City Council, for failing to take adequate action.
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Climate activists rallied in Central Park and Columbus Circle to protest a government that fails to protect us, amid intersecting crises of racial injustice, COVID-19 and the climate emergency.
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