climate activists Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/climate-activists/ A platform for change Fri, 28 Jul 2023 22:33:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Surprise surprise, corporations are ghosting on their ‘climate goals’ https://flux.community/kate-yoder/2023/07/surprise-surprise-corporations-are-ghosting-on-their-climate-goals/ Fri, 28 Jul 2023 22:31:36 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14110 Not long ago, the world’s biggest companies were making splashy promises to tackle climate change. Even those in the business of selling fossil fuels — like BP and Shell — were vowing to slash their emissions. Amazon named an iconic Seattle sports center “Climate Pledge Arena” so neither hockey nor basketball fans could ignore the […]

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]]> ‘Listen to the frontlines’: DC mobilization demands Congress stop Manchin’s dirty deal https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2022/09/listen-to-the-frontlines-dc-mobilization-demands-congress-stop-manchins-dirty-deal/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 18:00:08 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12267 Hundreds of people descended on Washington, D.C. Thursday to lobby lawmakers and rally against a federal permit reform proposal—which would serve the fossil fuel industry that’s driving the global climate emergency. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) agreed to pass permit changes in exchange for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) voting for the Inflation Reduction Act—and Schumer […]

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]]> Activists arrested while protesting ‘dirty pipeline deal’ outside Schumer’s office https://flux.community/kenny-stancil/2022/08/activists-arrested-while-protesting-dirty-pipeline-deal-outside-schumers-office/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:00:27 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12104 Climate campaigners were arrested on Thursday after demonstrating outside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Manhattan office, where they expressed opposition to the fossil fuel-friendly permitting reforms the New York Democrat agreed to bring to the floor to secure Sen. Joe Manchin’s support for the Inflation Reduction Act. “Sen. Schumer is sacrificing frontline communities and our clean […]

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]]> Progressives applaud as Biden signs ‘landmark’ Inflation Reduction Act into law https://flux.community/julia-conley/2022/08/progressives-applaud-as-biden-signs-landmark-inflation-reduction-act-into-law/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:00:49 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12084 Economic and climate justice groups on Tuesday applauded as U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, with advocates hailing the $740 billion investment in climate action, corporate tax reform, and healthcare as “landmark legislation” while they pledged to continue working to secure more ambitious reforms. “It’s law,” Biden said as he signed the IRA, […]

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]]> Disappointed by climate speech, activists say people are dying ‘while Biden dithers’ https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2022/07/disappointed-by-climate-speech-activists-say-people-are-dying-while-biden-dithers/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:00:17 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11789 Climate campaigners expressed frustration Wednesday after U.S. President Joe Biden announced new climate actions but refused to declare a national emergency, despite mounting public and political pressure. “Biden’s failure to declare a state of emergency today is an insult to the millions of working people and frontline communities living the devastating reality of global heating, environmental racism, and climate breakdown,” said People’s […]

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