#climate protests

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

"If we define peaceful protest as designated protest zones that don't cause any public inconvenience we've more or less defined it out of existance.

Past protest movements (civil rights, anti-war, suffrage) were disruptive in a way that modern whitewashing understates."

-- Zeke Hausfather, "A tireless chronicler and commentator on all things climate" -NYTimes. Climate lead @stripe , writer @CarbonBrief, scientist @BerkeleyEarth , IPCC/NCA5 author

[phaon1]

Retired priest speaks of ‘painful’ treatment by church over her climate protests

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

[tomorrowusa]

To the Putin dictatorship, any group which tells the truth about Russia these days is "undesirable".

Russia can't hide its ecocide in Ukraine which was put into spectacular focus by its destruction of the Kakhovka dam. Though Russia is also busy creating environmental problems within its internationally recognized borders.

Moscow has labelled the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) "an undesirable organization," saying the independent nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the environment and protecting endangered species was "being used as a facade to carry out projects that create threats to the country's security in the economic sphere." The move, which follows a decision by Russia in March 2022 to label the organization a "foreign agent," forces the nonprofit to cease all activities in Russia. According to a statement from the Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office on June 21, the WWF posed a threat to economic development, specifically citing activities it said were meant to hinder Russia's extraction of natural resources from the Arctic.

The Kremlin doesn't appreciate the WWF bringing to light Russia's environmentally unsound practices in its fossil fuel industries.

WWF campaigns against oil and natural gas industries were aimed at “shackling” Russia’s economic development, the statement added. The Prosecutor-General's Office also said it believes that the fund is developing restrictions that may become the basis for "transferring the Northern Sea Route in the direction of the U.S. exclusive economic zone” though the WWF’s website makes no mention of such a project.

In other words, just more paranoid bullshit from the Kremlin.

The fund, which works closely with the United Nations, operates large environmental advocacy programs for many causes, including deforestation, freshwater preservation, and endangered species protection. The "undesirable organization" law, adopted in 2012, was part of a series of regulations pushed by the Kremlin that have forced scores of nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations to halt operations as the government stifles civil society. The Prosecutor-General's Office statement also notes that WWF, formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund, provided support to Russian nonprofit organizations, such as Friends of the Baltic and Sakhalin Environmental Watch. The two organizations are included in Russia's register of so-called foreign agents and were found liable for uncoordinated, unauthorized climate protests. The move against the WWF comes after Russia shut down Greenpeace, another major environmental NGO, in May. Also labeled as “undesirable,” Greenpeace was similarly accused of intervening in internal affairs.

Somebody needs to declare Putin "undesirable" for the planet and shut him down for good.

[bumblebeeappletree]

The recent surge in radical climate activism is being met with a huge backlash. Does civil disobedience work or is it harming the movement? And why is everyone mad at the messenger, and not the perpetrators? We deep dive into the past and the present to find answers.

Reporter: Emily Leshner

Camera: Emily Leshner

Video Editor: Markus Mörtz

Supervising Editor: Joanna Gottschalk, Kiyo Dörrer

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

#PlanetA #RadicalActivism #ClimateAction

Read More (Links):

The Guardian on Extinction Rebellion changing its tactics:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...

The Guardian on Extinction Rebellion and road blocking: https://www.theguardian.com/environme...

The Conversation on the history of social movements:

https://theconversation.com/climate-c...

Aljazeera on Egypt's dissuasions on climate groups: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9...

NBC News on climate grief:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental...

Olaf Corry and David Reiner (9/2020): "Protests and Policies: How Radical Social Movement Activists Engage with Climate Policy Dilemmas":

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1...

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Chapters

Intro: 00:00

Backlash: 00:52

History: 02:38

Activist's side: 04:47

Expert's opinion: 06:30

State reaction: 08:04

Conclusion: 11:23

[averycanadianfilm]

Climate Protests 2023. 

hmmmm.....

[greport2018]

Why did climate activist Patrick Thelwell throw eggs at King Charles?

Why did climate activist Patrick Thelwell throw eggs at King Charles?

These days protests of climate activists are constantly making headlines. Sometimes a cycle rally to stop private jets, and sometimes throwing paint or soup on a famous painting. This time Patrick Thelwell has done the work of throwing eggs at the consort of King Charles and Queen Camilla. Police have released Patrick Thelwell on bail on the condition of never carrying eggs in a public space and…

[selkies-world]

Why are protesters nowadays so cringe-worthy? And why do we despise them so much?

[lifeinfleeting]

Why people skip climate protest?: Insights from Recent Research

Photo: Alejandro Alvarez, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons In the fight against climate change, climate protests, such as those driven by the Fridays for Future movement, are pivotal in pushing for more ambitious climate policies. However, new research published in Nature Climate Change reveals surprising phenomenon in protest participation. This phenomenon, called “strategic…

[familythings]

"Just Stop Oil" Activists Target Private Jets and Cultural Heritage Sites in Climate Protests

In a bold move to draw attention to the climate crisis, “Just Stop Oil” activists recently sprayed orange paint over private jets at Stansted Airport, including a plane owned by pop star Taylor Swift. The environmental group, known for its high-profile protests, continues to push for immediate action against fossil fuel use, despite facing significant backlash. The Stansted Incident Early on…

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

"I was the greatest threat the Continuum had ever known. They feared me so much, they had to lock me away for eternity, and when they did that, they were saying that the individual's rights will be protected only so long as they don't conflict with the state. Nothing is so dangerous to a society."" - Star Trek Voyager: Deathwish --- “These defenders are basically trying to save the planet, and in doing so save humanity,” Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, told the Guardian last year. “These are people we should be protecting, but are seen by governments and corporations as a threat to be neutralised. In the end it’s about power and economics.”

[silverfox66]

Tired of seeing police men crying about the climate protests that are currently happening in 🇳🇱: "oh nooo now we have to arrest peaceful climate protesters, poor us, now we can't fight real crime." Aye, you couldn't do that even without the climate protest, you are too understaffed and underfunded for that. You can also just let people protest.

Tired of this guilt-tripping manipulation. The right to protest is a fundamental right.

[bumblebeeappletree]

Stopping climate change continues to be at the forefront of protests throughout the world — here’s a look back at some of 2022’s most dynamic demonstrations

#Earth #Environment #ClimateCrisis #NowThis

[alicemccombs]

Make it Global!

[averycanadianfilm]

LUTZERATH Germany 2023