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We are writing to you on behalf of Extinction Rebellion’s International Youth Group, the passionate voice of the young generation. We are aware of the devastating reality of climate change and implore you to act on our concerns. This letter is asking you to bring forward our demands to tackle the climate crisis, on your meeting on the 23rd of September.
Read MoreTwo Extinction Rebellion Youth (XRY) local groups, XR Youth NYC and XR Youth Rockland will be participating in an internationally-coordinated non-violent direct action against climate crisis inaction,
Read MoreIt is important to note the efforts of groups like Extinction Rebellion in regards to the media. They have been successful in pushing publications like The Guardian to update their style guides
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion NYC condemns the preemptive arrests of Heathrow Pause members, who include Extinction Rebellion co-founder Roger Hallam ... We protest equally strongly the arrests of Extinction Rebellion members in Britain who were not even members of Heathrow Pause.
Environmental activist with Extinction Rebellion in NYC, climbed the iconic 140 foot, 12+ story steel Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens NY.
Read MoreAnswering a call to action from Amazon Watch and the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), members of Extinction Rebellion (XR) danced in the streets to speak against ecocide and genocide in the Amazon.
Read MoreWe have visited the New York Times to ask them to reconsider the hosting of the Oil & Money Conference 2019 in London…
Read MoreOn October 8th, 2019, the New York Times plans to once again co-host the infamous Oil & Money Conference. XR NYC will protest the newspaper’s facilitation of the oil and gas industries business. On August 21st, we arrived under the slogan “Will you swim to work?“ in front of the New York Times Headquarter to voice our disagreement with the NYT’s activities.
Read MoreOn August, 7th we staged a die-in at the New York Times building and demanded the Times tell the truth about the climate emergency and stop publishing pieces discrediting youth climate activists & Greta Thunberg.
Read MoreOn Saturday August 10th, Extinction Rebellion had a non-violent direct action with The Close the Camps NYC coalition at the ICE Community Relations Office resulting in 105 arrests.
Read MoreWhat’s better than a beautiful morning with a cup of coffee and your favorite newspaper? We went out to 8th Avenue to enjoy this wonderful morning routine with our friends from the New York Times to share and discuss the best articles we read in The Climate Times.
Read MoreThe last Friday of the month is internationally reserved for Critical Mass and on Friday, July 26, Extinction Rebellion revived this tradition in NYC.
Read MoreOur rebels returned to the New York Times. This time we brought the New York Times an example of how we would like to see climate break-down covered.
Read MoreOn Sunday, July 21, amid a record heatwave scorching New York City at 102 degrees and even 113 degrees at Times Square, Extinction Rebellion teams held an art meeting in Brooklyn.While our activists were dripping with sweat, their fans were still running. Not far though 50,000 New Yorkers were left without electricity.
Read MoreOn Saturday, 45 activists of XR's local Park Slope Group in Brooklyn turned out to raise awareness about climate disruption and build a community of rebels ready to respond. The Park Slope Group marched through the Grand Army Plaza Farmer's Market and through Prospect Park, with BRIC TV and several journalists in tow to report on the event. Park Slope may table at the Farmer's Market in coming weeks, and give another local 'talk' to bolster their ranks for future actions.
Read MoreIt’s the summer holidays but the young activists of Fridays for Future keep up their protest. Extinction Rebellion came to support the young rebels at the Fox News Headquarter.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, June 26th, the New York City Council voted to declare a climate emergency, becoming the largest city in the country to commit to combat climate change.
New York City joined the 17 U.S. cities like Hoboken, New Jersey, Oakland, San Francisco, Chico and others, that already declared a climate emergency.
Extinction Rebellion had 62 arrested in April 2019 urging the city to declare the climate crises an emergency.
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion activists met at City Hall demanding that the City Council passed a resolution declaring a climate emergency in NYC. A climate emergency declaration is a vital first step toward confronting the hard truth of the climate crisis and speeding up New York City’s transition to an equitable, renewable economy. We can’t solve the problem if we don’t call it like it is: a life or death emergency of unprecedented proportions.
The rally took place outside at 12:00 pm and then at 1:00 pm, City Council will be holding a hearing on the resolution.
On June 22nd, 300 XR activists took the fight to The New York Times - asking them to take the lead and cover the Climate Emergency the way they covered WW II. Activists demanded a radical ramp-up of the NYT’s climate reporting with daily climate headlines and the use language appropriate to the emergency. In the course of the action, activists dropped two banners, one at the NYT headquarter and staged a die in. The NYP arrested 70 non-violent activists sitting in the street.
On Saturday June, 15th, members of the Fort Greene community in Brooklyn came out to voice their opposition to a "redesign" plan for the park. The plan calls for the destruction of 58 trees in order to make way for a concrete plaza. "Speak for the Trees!" involved some fancy tree climbing for a banner drop!
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