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The following day, ABC reported that many are demonstrating on [[Wall Street]] to draw attention to climate collapse. By Noon Monday, multiple climate protesters were arrested and taken into custody outside the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]] building. Police threatened more would be arrested if they don't leave.<ref>https://abc7ny.com/climate-change-protest-wall-street-nyc-fossil-fuel-march/13796232/</ref></blockquote><ref>https://twitter.com/collinrees/status/1703803446808244565</ref> | The following day, ABC reported that many are demonstrating on [[Wall Street]] to draw attention to climate collapse. By Noon Monday, multiple climate protesters were arrested and taken into custody outside the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]] building. Police threatened more would be arrested if they don't leave.<ref>https://abc7ny.com/climate-change-protest-wall-street-nyc-fossil-fuel-march/13796232/</ref></blockquote><ref>https://twitter.com/collinrees/status/1703803446808244565</ref> | ||
“Fossil fuel companies … wouldn’t be able to operate without money, and that money is coming primarily from Wall Street,” Alicé Nascimento, environmental campaigns director at New York Communities for Change, said hours before she was arrested.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/18/climate-activists-block-new-york-federal-reserve-bank?CMP=share_btn_tw</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:05, 22 September 2023
Mass Action
On September 17, 2023, tens of thousands of people filled the streets of midtown Manhattan Sunday to send a clear message to the world and leaders coming to the city for the U.N. General Assembly this week: End fossil fuels.[1][2][3]
The following day, ABC reported that many are demonstrating on Wall Street to draw attention to climate collapse. By Noon Monday, multiple climate protesters were arrested and taken into custody outside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York building. Police threatened more would be arrested if they don't leave.[4][5]
“Fossil fuel companies … wouldn’t be able to operate without money, and that money is coming primarily from Wall Street,” Alicé Nascimento, environmental campaigns director at New York Communities for Change, said hours before she was arrested.[6]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/18/march_to_end_fossil_fuels_presser
- ↑ https://www.npr.org/2023/09/17/1200027693/thousands-expected-to-march-in-new-york-to-demand-that-biden-end-fossil-fuels
- ↑ https://www.teenvogue.com/story/march-to-end-fossil-fuels-2023
- ↑ https://abc7ny.com/climate-change-protest-wall-street-nyc-fossil-fuel-march/13796232/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/collinrees/status/1703803446808244565
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/18/climate-activists-block-new-york-federal-reserve-bank?CMP=share_btn_tw