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The XR Red Rebel Brigade, a breakout Extinction Rebellion’s group conducted its first major NYC event on September 26, 2019. The ghostly-white figures cloaked in scarlet-red performed a solemn walk outside the David H. Koch Theater, disrupting the New York City Ballet Fall Gala, pleading for the cultural institution to declare climate and ecological emergencies. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Climate Strike at City Hall Park - Thousands of school kids and college students walked out of class on March 15, 2019 to protest catastrophic climate change, perceived as the most pressing issue of their time. Students took to more than a dozen locations in New York City, including City Hall and Columbus Circle. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Expanding on the momentum of the quickly growing national movement to hold Chase Bank accountable for its central role in funding the global fossil fuel industry, dozens of New York residents with the organization Rise and Resist, with co-sponsor Rainforest Action Network stormed the new JPMorgan Chase headquarters in central Manhattan on November 20, 2019 demanding the megabank end its massive financing of the climate crisis. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
ALBANY, NEW YORK, USA -- Saturday, May 14th, 2016. Over 1500 Break Free action participants marched in the streets of Albany and blockaded the train tracks to send a message that oil trains are not welcome in any community. Speeches from local community members and movement leaders set the tone for the day.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo By: Shannon Straney | Survival Media Agency
More than one hundred New Yorkers affiliated with Sunrise Movement gathered in Brooklyn on February 26, 2019 to put the pressure on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to join Senator Gillibrand in co-sponsoring the Green New Deal Resolution and uniting the Democrats against Mitch McConnell’s divisive tactics. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
More than one hundred New Yorkers affiliated with Sunrise Movement gathered in Brooklyn on February 26, 2019 to put the pressure on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to join Senator Gillibrand in co-sponsoring the Green New Deal Resolution and uniting the Democrats against Mitch McConnell’s divisive tactics. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
STAND WITH COMMUNITIES, NOT CORPORATIONS
September 13, 2018 - As the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) begins, Indigenous and frontline communities continue to send Governor Brown and those attending the summit the message - stand with communities, not the climate profiteers and the fossil fuel industry.
From the organizers:
"Jerry Brown’s promotion of continued fossil fuel production, carbon trading markets and other incentives to oil, gas and other polluting corporations, perpetuates climate change and decimates Indigenous communities and Native nations, communities of color and other working class peoples throughout California and around the world.
Such perverse subsidies for “climate capitalism” will turn frontline communities into sacrifice zones for decades to come."
Today's action began at Jessie Park with a march to Moscone Center, the site of the summit. In a return appearance, 1000 Grandmothers Bay Area blocked intersections to create a safe space for the protesters outside the summit.
This weeks actions have been organized by Idle No More SF Bay, Diablo Rising Tide, the Ruckus Society, It Takes Roots, Indigenous Environmental Network, the Sunflower Alliance and Brown's Last Chance.
More than 1500 people took the streest of Albany and marched fom Sheridan Hollow to the Capitol Building on April 23, 2018 as part of the "Cuomo Walk The Talk" day of action, governor's seat candidates participated in the protest, Democrat Cynthia Nixon marched the streets of Albany and Green Party's Howie Hawkins marched and got arrested later at the Hall of Governors in the Capitol Building. Actor and activist James Cromwell was also among the 55 people arrested at the Hall of Governors in a non-violent act of civil disobedience, demanding Cuomo to stop all fracking infrastructure, move to 100% renewable energy, and make polluters pay. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
25.000 Klimaschützer*innen fluten Bonn - großartig! Die Schilder sind bunt, die Stimmung gut und die Message klar: Ran an die Arbeit, raus aus der Kohle! Möge sich der gute Geist der Klimademo auf die COP23 übertragen: Die nationalen Klimaschutzpläne müssen verbessert und umgesetzt werden.
Foto: Jörg Farys / BUND
ALBANY, NEW YORK, USA -- Saturday, May 14th, 2016. Over 1500 Break Free action participants marched in the streets of Albany and blockaded the train tracks to send a message that oil trains are not welcome in any community. Speeches from local community members and movement leaders set the tone for the day.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo By: Shannon Straney | Survival Media Agency
25.000 Klimaschützer*innen fluten Bonn - großartig! Die Schilder sind bunt, die Stimmung gut und die Message klar: Ran an die Arbeit, raus aus der Kohle! Möge sich der gute Geist der Klimademo auf die COP23 übertragen: Die nationalen Klimaschutzpläne müssen verbessert und umgesetzt werden.
Foto: Jörg Farys / BUND
On May 25, 2022 more than 100 New Yorkers on the frontlines of the climate crisis, including faith leaders and youth, held a protest outside BlackRock Headquarters in Manhattan, where their annual shareholders’ meeting took place. Participants and speakers at this event demanded that BlackRock exclude companies expanding fossil fuel production from its active and passive funds. At least twelve protesters were arrested, including six faith leaders. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
ALBANY, NEW YORK, USA -- Friday, May 13th, 2016. A kayak flotilla take part in a Break Free action on the Hudson River.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo By: Shadia Fayne Wood | Survival Media Agency
Four New Yorkers were arrested early morning on January 16,2019 for using a tractor to block a cargo shipment on Route 55 in New Milford, CT destined for the Cricket Valley Energy Center construction site, a massive 1100-megawatt gas-fired power plant under construction in Wingdale, New York. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
More than one hundred New Yorkers affiliated with Sunrise Movement gathered in Brooklyn on February 26, 2019 to put the pressure on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to join Senator Gillibrand in co-sponsoring the Green New Deal Resolution and uniting the Democrats against Mitch McConnell’s divisive tactics. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
STAND WITH COMMUNITIES, NOT CORPORATIONS
September 13, 2018 - As the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) begins, Indigenous and frontline communities continue to send Governor Brown and those attending the summit the message - stand with communities, not the climate profiteers and the fossil fuel industry.
From the organizers:
"Jerry Brown’s promotion of continued fossil fuel production, carbon trading markets and other incentives to oil, gas and other polluting corporations, perpetuates climate change and decimates Indigenous communities and Native nations, communities of color and other working class peoples throughout California and around the world.
Such perverse subsidies for “climate capitalism” will turn frontline communities into sacrifice zones for decades to come."
Today's action began at Jessie Park with a march to Moscone Center, the site of the summit. In a return appearance, 1000 Grandmothers Bay Area blocked intersections to create a safe space for the protesters outside the summit.
This weeks actions have been organized by Idle No More SF Bay, Diablo Rising Tide, the Ruckus Society, It Takes Roots, Indigenous Environmental Network, the Sunflower Alliance and Brown's Last Chance.
The climate and peace movements came together for a rally and short march in front of the IRS offices in NYC on tax day, April 18, 2022 to demand that our tax money stop being used to fund endless war and environmental destruction. The march ended at the Charging Bull where protesters sitting on tripods blocked traffic resulting in arrests by the NYPD. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
300 Queenslanders join Reef town locals and Traditional Owners at Adani's Australian HQ to deliver pledges to take action to stop the Galilee coal mines, protect country, climate and Reef.
Take the pledge: www.reefdefenders.org
#ReefDefenders #KeepItInTheGround
Credit: Jeff Tan
Zwei Tage vor der ersten Sitzung der Kohle-Kommission haben am 24. Juni 2018 mehrere Tausend Menschen in Berlin für den Kohleausstieg und echten Klimaschutz demonstriert. Unter dem Motto „Stop Kohle – Deine Hände für den Klimaschutz“ forderten wir, zusammen mit Campact, Greenpeace, BUND, Naturfreunde und vielen anderen Organisationen und Demonstranten_innen von der Bundesregierung einen zügigen Kohleausstieg, mit dem die nationalen Klimaziele und das Pariser Klimaabkommen eingehalten werden. Werdet Teil des Protests – unterschreibt unsere Petition www.wwf.de/kohlefrei
© Markus Winkler / WWF
Creative Red Lines for Climate Justice at the end of COP21
© Erik Mc Gregor - erikrivas@hotmail.com - 917-225-8963
ALBANY, NEW YORK, USA -- Saturday, May 14th, 2016. Over 1500 Break Free action participants marched in the streets of Albany and blockaded the train tracks to send a message that oil trains are not welcome in any community. Speeches from local community members and movement leaders set the tone for the day.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo By: Shannon Straney | Survival Media Agency
Countdown to the Final Conquest and Genocide: Indigenous, Climate and Environmental Activists Rally in Don Armeni Park to Confront Royal Dutch Shell Arctic Oil Drilling Rig Polar Pioneer in Terminal 5, Port of Seattle, Seattle, Sunday, June 14, 2015.
25.000 Klimaschützer*innen fluten Bonn - großartig! Die Schilder sind bunt, die Stimmung gut und die Message klar: Ran an die Arbeit, raus aus der Kohle! Möge sich der gute Geist der Klimademo auf die COP23 übertragen: Die nationalen Klimaschutzpläne müssen verbessert und umgesetzt werden.
Foto: Jörg Farys / BUND
Four New Yorkers were arrested early morning on January 16,2019 for using a tractor to block a cargo shipment on Route 55 in New Milford, CT destined for the Cricket Valley Energy Center construction site, a massive 1100-megawatt gas-fired power plant under construction in Wingdale, New York. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On May 25, 2022 more than 100 New Yorkers on the frontlines of the climate crisis, including faith leaders and youth, held a protest outside BlackRock Headquarters in Manhattan, where their annual shareholders’ meeting took place. Participants and speakers at this event demanded that BlackRock exclude companies expanding fossil fuel production from its active and passive funds. At least twelve protesters were arrested, including six faith leaders. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
25.000 Klimaschützer*innen fluten Bonn - großartig! Die Schilder sind bunt, die Stimmung gut und die Message klar: Ran an die Arbeit, raus aus der Kohle! Möge sich der gute Geist der Klimademo auf die COP23 übertragen: Die nationalen Klimaschutzpläne müssen verbessert und umgesetzt werden.
Foto: Jörg Farys / BUND
February 25, 2019 - San Francisco
On Monday morning, youth from 2 groups - Youth vs Apocalypse and Earth Guardians Bay Area, joined together for a press conference near the Hobart Building where Senator Dianne Feinstein’s San Francisco office is. These are the same young people who rallied with the Sunrise Movement on Friday at this same spot to urge the Senator to vote Yes on the GREEN NEW DEAL when Mitch McConnell brings the resolution up for a vote in the Senate. After their Friday rally, about 12 of these young people along with a few adults, visited Senator Feinstein in her office to urge her to vote Yes and to present her with a letter they had written. The encounter was difficult on a number of levels and instead of agreeing to vote Yes, the Senator handed them draft copies of her bill on climate change that she plans to introduce. A video of the encounter went viral on social media and was featured by many main stream media outlets over the weekend.
The Monday morning press conference, while acknowledging Fridays encounter, quickly brought the focus back to the issues driving their concerns and the reasons for their passionate advocacy.
Hannah, age 15: “I speak on behalf of all the youth standing here that we are not sent here by some adult, we are here of our own free will. This is not some elaborate plan to make Feinstein look bad or to make any other politician look bad for not backing up the Green New Deal. We are just simply a group of youth that understand the urgency and importance of helping our climate. We would also like you guys to remember that our adolescence does not equal our inability to think for ourselves.”
Isha, age 16: “[Senator Feinstein’s] resolution completely ignores science.” And here, the young woman holds up the Senator’s draft resolution… a few stapled together pages that are now covered with ink marks and yellow highlights. “We have 12 years. We do not have until 2050. There is no room for compromise here. We will not take the excuse that the Green New Deal is too pricey. It is too pricey to NOT enact the Green New Deal. The longer we take to take action, the more costly and devastating the impacts of this crisis will be. And you are looking directly at the faces of the people who will be at the forefront of those consequences. You cannot compromise with science. The Green New Deal is the only plan so far that aligns with science AND justice. And right now we need both. [...] Sen Feinstein, I could care less about your tone. I care about your vote. Vote “yes” even if you think the Green New Deal won’t pass. Because all it does is tell your constituents, the American people and all beings on this planet that you stand with us. With science. With young people’s futures.”
#GreenNewDeal #EarthGuardians #combatclimatechange #globalwarming #YouthVsApocalypse
February 25, 2019 - San Francisco
On Monday morning, youth from 2 groups - Youth vs Apocalypse and Earth Guardians Bay Area, joined together for a press conference near the Hobart Building where Senator Dianne Feinstein’s San Francisco office is. These are the same young people who rallied with the Sunrise Movement on Friday at this same spot to urge the Senator to vote Yes on the GREEN NEW DEAL when Mitch McConnell brings the resolution up for a vote in the Senate. After their Friday rally, about 12 of these young people along with a few adults, visited Senator Feinstein in her office to urge her to vote Yes and to present her with a letter they had written. The encounter was difficult on a number of levels and instead of agreeing to vote Yes, the Senator handed them draft copies of her bill on climate change that she plans to introduce. A video of the encounter went viral on social media and was featured by many main stream media outlets over the weekend.
The Monday morning press conference, while acknowledging Fridays encounter, quickly brought the focus back to the issues driving their concerns and the reasons for their passionate advocacy.
Hannah, age 15: “I speak on behalf of all the youth standing here that we are not sent here by some adult, we are here of our own free will. This is not some elaborate plan to make Feinstein look bad or to make any other politician look bad for not backing up the Green New Deal. We are just simply a group of youth that understand the urgency and importance of helping our climate. We would also like you guys to remember that our adolescence does not equal our inability to think for ourselves.”
Isha, age 16: “[Senator Feinstein’s] resolution completely ignores science.” And here, the young woman holds up the Senator’s draft resolution… a few stapled together pages that are now covered with ink marks and yellow highlights. “We have 12 years. We do not have until 2050. There is no room for compromise here. We will not take the excuse that the Green New Deal is too pricey. It is too pricey to NOT enact the Green New Deal. The longer we take to take action, the more costly and devastating the impacts of this crisis will be. And you are looking directly at the faces of the people who will be at the forefront of those consequences. You cannot compromise with science. The Green New Deal is the only plan so far that aligns with science AND justice. And right now we need both. [...] Sen Feinstein, I could care less about your tone. I care about your vote. Vote “yes” even if you think the Green New Deal won’t pass. Because all it does is tell your constituents, the American people and all beings on this planet that you stand with us. With science. With young people’s futures.”
#GreenNewDeal #EarthGuardians #combatclimatechange #globalwarming #YouthVsApocalypse
25.000 Klimaschützer*innen fluten Bonn - großartig! Die Schilder sind bunt, die Stimmung gut und die Message klar: Ran an die Arbeit, raus aus der Kohle! Möge sich der gute Geist der Klimademo auf die COP23 übertragen: Die nationalen Klimaschutzpläne müssen verbessert und umgesetzt werden.
Foto: Jörg Farys / BUND
February 25, 2019 - San Francisco
On Monday morning, youth from 2 groups - Youth vs Apocalypse and Earth Guardians Bay Area, joined together for a press conference near the Hobart Building where Senator Dianne Feinstein’s San Francisco office is. These are the same young people who rallied with the Sunrise Movement on Friday at this same spot to urge the Senator to vote Yes on the GREEN NEW DEAL when Mitch McConnell brings the resolution up for a vote in the Senate. After their Friday rally, about 12 of these young people along with a few adults, visited Senator Feinstein in her office to urge her to vote Yes and to present her with a letter they had written. The encounter was difficult on a number of levels and instead of agreeing to vote Yes, the Senator handed them draft copies of her bill on climate change that she plans to introduce. A video of the encounter went viral on social media and was featured by many main stream media outlets over the weekend.
The Monday morning press conference, while acknowledging Fridays encounter, quickly brought the focus back to the issues driving their concerns and the reasons for their passionate advocacy.
Hannah, age 15: “I speak on behalf of all the youth standing here that we are not sent here by some adult, we are here of our own free will. This is not some elaborate plan to make Feinstein look bad or to make any other politician look bad for not backing up the Green New Deal. We are just simply a group of youth that understand the urgency and importance of helping our climate. We would also like you guys to remember that our adolescence does not equal our inability to think for ourselves.”
Isha, age 16: “[Senator Feinstein’s] resolution completely ignores science.” And here, the young woman holds up the Senator’s draft resolution… a few stapled together pages that are now covered with ink marks and yellow highlights. “We have 12 years. We do not have until 2050. There is no room for compromise here. We will not take the excuse that the Green New Deal is too pricey. It is too pricey to NOT enact the Green New Deal. The longer we take to take action, the more costly and devastating the impacts of this crisis will be. And you are looking directly at the faces of the people who will be at the forefront of those consequences. You cannot compromise with science. The Green New Deal is the only plan so far that aligns with science AND justice. And right now we need both. [...] Sen Feinstein, I could care less about your tone. I care about your vote. Vote “yes” even if you think the Green New Deal won’t pass. Because all it does is tell your constituents, the American people and all beings on this planet that you stand with us. With science. With young people’s futures.”
#GreenNewDeal #EarthGuardians #combatclimatechange #globalwarming #YouthVsApocalypse
Please keep up the opposition to the KeystoneXL and Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposals. Absolute stupidity for anyone who wants to see their grandkids inherit a liveable planet.
On August 25, 2022 climate activists and New Yorkers of Ukrainian descent disrupted Citigroup’s “Taste of Tennis” event. Activists entered the ticketed event, distributing leaflets and Citi-branded coasters providing information about Citi’s support of the Putin regime while other New York climate activists rallied outside the venue, chanting in solidarity with the Ukrainian people. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Activist group Earth Strike NYC announced a radical frontline coalition gathering in Sunset Park on September 27, 2019 to support UPROSE in its campaign for local community-led climate justice at the Communities Strike For Climate Over Colonialism rally and march. Hundreds supported the event that comes as part of a global strike day organized by Earth Strike, marking the last major event of this year’s climate week. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Impacted residents and supporters from across the Northeast, including local farmers, used a tractor blockade and climbed a 275ft tall smokestack halting construction of the Cricket Valley fracked gas power plant for a day on November 6, 2019, citing the plant’s large contribution to climate change and local air pollution, they are calling on Governor Cuomo to shut down the fracked gas power plant for good. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
The NJ Department of Environmental Protection announced their only public hearing so far on the NESE compressor station and gas pipeline proposal on November 5, 2018, giving the community an opportunity to express their concerns on the Raritan Bay pipeline/compressor station proposal. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
A total of 27 multi-faith assembly of religious leaders and lay people were arrested on October 19, 2022 at BlackRock’s headquarters in Manhattan while peacefully and prayerfully protesting the financial giant’s ongoing investment in fossil fuel corporations that are actively destroying the earth. The demonstration was a coalition of climate action groups that was organized by GreenFaith as part of a global, multi-faith action – Faiths 4 Climate Justice. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Climate Strike at City Hall Park - Thousands of school kids and college students walked out of class on March 15, 2019 to protest catastrophic climate change, perceived as the most pressing issue of their time. Students took to more than a dozen locations in New York City, including City Hall and Columbus Circle. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
ALBANY, NEW YORK, USA -- Saturday, May 14th, 2016. Over 1500 Break Free action participants marched in the streets of Albany and blockaded the train tracks to send a message that oil trains are not welcome in any community. Speeches from local community members and movement leaders set the tone for the day.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo By: Shannon Straney | Survival Media Agency
ALBANY, NEW YORK, USA -- Saturday, May 14th, 2016. Over 1500 people marched in the streets of Albany and blockaded the train tracks to send a message that oil trains are not welcome in any community. Speeches from local community members and movement leaders set the tone for the day.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo By: Shannon Straney | Survival Media Agency
Black Snake Killaz: a NoDAPL Story Film screening and fundraiser for Unicorn Riot independent media and the American Indian Community House. Unicorn Riot brings you the raw experience from many front-line actions throughout the struggles to protect the water. Although the Dakota Access Pipeline is completed, the impact of the movement will be long lasting. Hosted by Sane Energy Project and American Indian Community House at DCTV. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
More than one hundred New Yorkers affiliated with Sunrise Movement gathered in Brooklyn on February 26, 2019 to put the pressure on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to join Senator Gillibrand in co-sponsoring the Green New Deal Resolution and uniting the Democrats against Mitch McConnell’s divisive tactics. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Thousands of school kids took part in the School Strike for Climate on March 25, 2022 in New York City. The students held a rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall and marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to Foley Square to bring attention to the inaction of city and state officials to face the current climate emergency. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
25.000 Klimaschützer*innen fluten Bonn - großartig! Die Schilder sind bunt, die Stimmung gut und die Message klar: Ran an die Arbeit, raus aus der Kohle! Möge sich der gute Geist der Klimademo auf die COP23 übertragen: Die nationalen Klimaschutzpläne müssen verbessert und umgesetzt werden.
Foto: Jörg Farys / BUND