Bank Takeover Recap: No New Oil

Rebels and allies from across the city came together for a powerful multi-day series of actions directed at Citi and their unconscionable commitment to backing the expansion of fossil fuel companies, and continuing to fund projects that breach Indigenous rights.

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Occupy Park Avenue Recap

Together with climate allies from across the city, hundreds took to the streets for five consecutive days of protests including 49 arrests. We blocked occupied Park Avenue (several times) and took our demands to the front doors of those in power and to screens across the country and the world.

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Statement on Supreme Court ruling in WV vs. EPA

Today, the Supreme Court issued a ruling on West Virginia vs. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), siding with corporate energy providers and financial profits rather than the health of humans and the planet. In doing so, it lays the groundwork for tearing down any regulation that impacts the profits of corporations.

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Mass March Accuses Mainstream Media of Irresponsibility in Its "Coverage" of the Climate Crisis

On Friday, hundreds of protesters marched between the headquarters of NBC News and ABC News to draw attention to the lack of serious media coverage about the climate emergency. This mass march was the first major action of Extinction Rebellion's Spring 2022 Uprising, in which the organization is taking to the next level its resistance to the dangerously inadequate public response to impending catastrophic climate change.

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