WASHINGTON - Activists seeking to pressure U.S. politicians to fight climate change blocked major traffic hubs in the U.S. capital on Monday - chaining themselves to a sailboat in one location - as they sought to draw attention to a U.N. Climate Summit that will be attended by leaders from about 60 countries.
Activists targeted four locations, including Farragut Square in downtown Washington, Columbus Circle, near the Union Station train terminal and at Folger Park on Capitol Hill. The protest, called Shut Down DC, was backed by about two dozen groups, including the Metro D.C. chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, Extinction Rebellion D.C. and Black Lives Matter D.C.Extinction Rebellion, which says it is backed by hundreds of scientists, promotes non-violent civil disobedience to press governments to cut carbon emissions and avert a climate crisis it fears will bring starvation and social collapse.
Protesters aim to pressure U.S. government employees, who are helping to make Washington an obstacle in international climate negotiations, said Kaela Bamberger, a spokeswoman for Extinction Rebellion, D.C.President Donald Trump, who is not scheduled to attend the U.N. climate meeting and intends to pull the United States out of the 2015 Paris accord, has rolled back Obama-era rules on emission cuts and wants to maximize U.S. energy output.
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If you're going to block traffic, you're going to find out what it's like to be a speed bump.
Arrest them or forcefully move them this is childish and now they are jumping on cars. These are dangerous and deranged ppl
Sailboats are made with murdered trees.
Shorter: spoiled, rich white kids play in traffic
It should be legal to run over people who intentionally block traffic.
Stall traffic and Idle thousands of Cars smart move!
The carbon footprint of these activists continues to grow. Righteous fools.
IT's time that The Big Corporations find something cleaner to burn their power plants with!...
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