Coal- and gas-fired power plants are the nation's second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
If implemented-far from a sure thing given the Supreme Court's recent decision hamstringing the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas pollution-the rule would require most new and existing fossil fuel power plants to capture 90% of their emissions by between 20. The window on that is closing rapidly, and we have to do something about it, and we have to be very brave." We have to up the ante now to save our planet and our future. "Now is the time for civil disobedience, right?" she asked the crowd. He said that he sensed a shift in tone at the demonstration, as people who were worried about the climate emergency and angry at Biden's actions or lack thereof felt prepared to take their activism to the next level, and he said this was reflected in Fonda's remarks. \u201cWith dozens of NYPD trailing them the entire way and more in front of them as they arrived in front of Biden's high-dollar fundraiser, the coalition marched and chanted "These fossil fuels have got to go!"\n\n"We need clean air! Not another billionaire!"\u201d - Ford Fischer Fischer)Īmong the coalition were members of Sunrise Movement NYC, New York Communities for Change, Food & Water Watch, Climate Defenders, Climate Families NYC, and Reclaim Our Tomorrow, González confirmed. "Climate voters elected Joe Biden and we cannot and will not be ignored," Greenberg Greenberg observed that the president's approval ratings have decreased since he approved the ConocoPhillips' drilling plan.
Signed a petition opposing the Willow project. Michael Greenberg of Climate Defiance criticized Biden for attending a dinner at an apartment worth $29.4 million while refusing to respond to the more than three million people who Release around 280 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, despite the fact that the International Energy Agency has said that governments must avoid new fossil fuel developments if they want to reach net-zero by 2050 and limit global warming to 1.5☌ above preindustrial levels. "He was elected by people who were very concerned about it, who trusted him," González toldīiden has especially come under fire for approving the controversial Willow project in Alaska, which could Young and climate-focused voters have felt betrayed by Biden after he ran on a promise to end fossil fuel extraction on public land, but has since approved more oil and gas drilling permits during his first two years than former President Donald Trump during the same timeframe. "He was elected by people who were very concerned about it, who trusted him." "He claims to be the climate president yet he's taking corporate money from these industries that are destroying the planet. "The president is over there taking corporate money," Donziger-whoĬhallenged Chevron over oil spills in the Ecuadorian Amazon and ended up under house arrest when the company retaliated against him-said at the protest, as the Independent reported. One of Climate Defiance's goals is to "make clear to Democratic lawmakers that the youth vote will only deliver for them if they deliver for us," and this last point was a major theme at Wednesday's protest, which took place blocks away from the Upper East Side home of former Blackstone executive Tony James, where Biden was attending a $25,000-per-plate fundraiser for his 2024 reelection campaign, They proposed the idea for Wednesday's protest, while New York Communities for Change helped to coordinate local participation, González said. Their goals include ending oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters, stopping the practice of allowing frontline communities to serve as "sacrifice zones" for extractive industries, and making support for fossil fuels as taboo on the left as opposing abortion rights or gay marriage. Uses nonviolent direct action to push for climate policies in line with scientific reality. Buckle up.\u201d - Climate Defiance Defiance) \u201cBIG UPDATE: today we took over the entirety of Fifth Avenue, right outside Biden\u2019s $25,000-per-plate fundraiser.\n\nDiscontent is brewing.
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