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This Rebellion asks you to step forward and step up. To refuse to be a bystander while our world is sold and burned by the selfish act of a few. We're looking to fill a variety of critical support roles for Rebellion events and we need your help!
Read MoreIn many ways, 2021 felt like a prolonged continuation of 2020. It’s been a hard year and we have seen both the extinction crisis and the climate crisis get far worse. As we welcome in 2022, we will need strength to face these ever escalating issues, courage to go beyond our comfort zones, and love (and rage) to continue building Extinction Rebellion.
Read MoreEarly in the morning of November 29th, Extinction Rebellion activists placed a banner reading “1% of people cause 50% of aviation emissions,” at the entrance of the Westchester County Airport.
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion activists blocked the entrances of the United Nations Headquarters with a banner reading "Criminal Climate Betrayal." The action comes days after the close of COP26, which failed to meet the urgency of the climate crisis and delayed consideration of bigger emission cuts until the end of 2022, "requesting" that governments come up with stronger pledges by that date.
Read MoreCOP26 is all but bound to fail. It's been 26 annual summits, along with decades of denial, inaction, and exponential increases in carbon emissions that have led us to this point. Because of this failure, we accuse the rich and powerful countries within the COP process of crimes against humanity.
Read MoreAs radical as XR’s first two demands are--to “tell the truth” and to “end all CO2 emissions by 2025”--the most revolutionary demand of all is the one requiring a Citizens’ Assembly to determine how we respond to the climate and ecological emergency.
Read MoreOn Monday, In a collaboration with Sunrise NYC, activists from Extinction Rebellion NYC protested the likely removal of bold climate legislation from the Build Back Better Act. This bill may be our last, best chance at preventing catastrophic climate change, and we take seriously the sidelining of important climate provisions like the Clean Electricity Payment Program. That’s why our action on Monday was so dramatic -- because our city’s, and our world’s, future is at stake.
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion and Sunrise Movement activists were arrested for disrupting this morning’s rush hour traffic on FDR Drive and West Side Highway. They vowed to cause further disruption until President Biden takes executive action to fulfill his climate pledge to cut U.S. emissions in half by 2030.
Read MoreNew York, NY – Extinction Rebellion activists appeared in New York County Criminal Court on Wednesday, October 6th, to face charges for their direct action protests against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citibank, the largest financiers of fossil fuel projects responsible for the climate crisis, which took place on September 17th.
Read MoreThis morning, Extinction Rebellion NYC simultaneously carried out direct action protests against three banks that are the largest investors in fossil fuel infrastructure, directly financing the causes of the climate crisis. At the headquarters of Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citibank in Manhattan, Extinction Rebellion NYC activists blocked entrances, set up tripods and even (at the JPMorgan Chase site) dropped a boat to carry the message to New Yorkers and the world, that these banks are funding the cause of the climate crisis.
Read MoreSubject: STOP FUNDING ALL NEW FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS NOW!
How do you sleep at night?
This morning Extinction Rebellion activists staged direct actions at the headquarters of JP Morgan Chase, Citi, and Bank of America in New York City, NY ahead of the Enough Is Enough mass march and rally at the New York Public Library.
Read MoreAs we clean up from the damage and loss of Hurricane Ida, the reason we do what we do as Extinction Rebellion is brought into focus even more. We sincerely hope you, your family, and your neighbors were not badly affected by the record-breaking floods. Unfortunately, at least 45 people have died due to the storm in the NYC area - from a storm that has a direct connection to the Climate Crisis.
Read MoreLast week, rebels all over the country participated in banner drops as part of the #DeclareCEENow campaign to draw attention to the present crisis, and to demand Biden declare a climate and ecological emergency now.
Read MoreOn April 2, 2021, members of Extinction Rebellion took part in civil disobedience outside multiple banks in NYC, including JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, TD Bank and Citibank.
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