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All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.

"Climate: Jane Fonda Arrested In Protest On Capitol Steps" [1]

"Police arrested Jane Fonda today [Friday] after she lent her celebrity to a demonstration on Capitol Hill demanding urgent action to battle climate change."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Greenwire [6], 10/14/2019
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Biden Has a Climate Change Record and a Plan. Young Activists Want More [7]

"When Michaelyn Mankel approached Joseph R. Biden Jr. at an Iowa steak fry last month to demand dramatic action on climate change, the former vice president clasped the 24-year-old’s hands and assured her, “You’ve got a better deal from me than anybody.”"

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [8]
Policy [9]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NY Times [10], 10/09/2019
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Climate Change Protests: With Fake Blood, Extinction Rebellion Hits NY [11]

"Tourists and workers on Wall Street on Monday were met by a jarring spectacle: protesters, some lying in pools of fake blood outside the New York Stock Exchange, some dancing and others chanting, all to call attention to people killed by climate-related disease and disaster."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NY Times [12], 10/08/2019
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"Meet Utah’s Pint-Sized Environmental Activists" [13]

"COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — The movement started last spring with a dinner table conversation at then third-grader Aggy Deagle’s home."

Activism [2]
Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [15]
Waste [16]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Deseret News [17], 10/07/2019
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"Royal Shakespeare Company Ends BP Partnership After Student Protest" [18]

"The Royal Shakespeare Company is to end its partnership with BP at the end of the year following criticism of its links to the international oil giant."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [19]
Public [4]
Europe [20]
Source: BBC News [21], 10/03/2019
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"Meet the Millionaires Helping to Pay for Climate Protests" [22]

"Climate change protesters from Extinction Rebellion snarled traffic in Washington on Monday and again on Friday. You might find yourself asking, “Who helps pays for this activism?”"

Activism [2]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NY Times [24], 09/30/2019
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Thunberg Leads Montreal Climate Strike Amid Aviation Emissions Talks [25]

"Teenage activist Greta Thunberg, who inspired a “flight-shaming” movement against air travel, is spearheading a climate change strike on Friday in Montreal where U.N. aviation leaders are gathering to debate plane emission targets."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [4]
International [27]
Source: Reuters [28], 09/27/2019
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FBI Targeted Environmental Activists In Domestic Terror Investigations [29]

"Protesters were characterized as a threat to national security in what one calls an attempt to criminalize their actions".

Activism [2]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Guardian [30], 09/25/2019
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Greta Thunberg Had One Question At U.N. Climate Summit: ‘How Dare You?’ [31]

"Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg had one question for the global leaders assembled at the United Nations: “How dare you?”"

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [4]
International [27]
Source: Washington Post [32], 09/24/2019
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Judge Blocks South Dakota Law Barring Pipeline Protests [33]

"A judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of South Dakota’s new “riot-boosting” law, which passed earlier this year to deter pipeline protests. The law threatens heavy penalties for any person or group that encourages a “riot,” which is defined broadly enough to include many forms of public protest."

Activism [2]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Mother Jones [35], 09/19/2019
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-jane-fonda-arrested-protest-capitol-steps [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [6] https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1061252115 [7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-has-climate-change-record-and-plan-young-activists-want-more [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [10] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/climate/climate-change-biden.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/climate [11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-change-protests-fake-blood-extinction-rebellion-hits-ny [12] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/nyregion/extinction-rebellion-nyc-protest.html [13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/meet-utah-s-pint-sized-environmental-activists [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [17] https://www.deseret.com/utah/2019/10/2/20894182/utah-student-children-environmental-activists-greta-thunburg-climate-change [18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/royal-shakespeare-company-ends-bp-partnership-after-student-protest [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [20] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe [21] https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49906754 [22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/meet-millionaires-helping-pay-climate-protests [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [24] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/climate/climate-change-protests-funding.html [25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/thunberg-leads-montreal-climate-strike-amid-aviation-emissions-talks [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [28] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-strike-canada/greta-thunberg-leads-montreal-climate-strike-amid-aviation-emissions-talks-idUSKBN1WC0E9 [29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fbi-targeted-environmental-activists-domestic-terror-investigations [30] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/23/revealed-how-the-fbi-targeted-environmental-activists-in-domestic-terror-investigations [31] https://www.sej.org/headlines/greta-thunberg-had-one-question-un-climate-summit-how-dare-you [32] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/09/23/greta-thunberg-vows-that-if-un-doesnt-tackle-climate-change-we-will-never-forgive-you/ [33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/judge-blocks-south-dakota-law-barring-pipeline-protests [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [35] https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/09/a-judge-just-blocked-south-dakotas-riot-boosting-law-but-anti-protest-measures-keep-spreading/ [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=83 [37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=80 [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=81 [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=82 [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=85 [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=86 [42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=87 [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=88 [44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=186