This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. Indigenous Sámi activists intensified their protests against an illegal wind farm on Thursday, blocking the entrances of several Norwegian ministries. Led by Sámi youth, protesters are demanding the removal of a wind farm built in Sápmi, the traditional territory of the Sámi… Source Source / Read More: Indigenous Activists Escalate Protests Against Wind Farm in Norway
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Greta Thunberg Joins 630+ Young People in Climate Lawsuit Against Sweden
Climate leader Greta Thunberg was among 636 young adults and children who submitted a class-action lawsuit against the Swedish government at a district court in Stockholm on Friday, arguing that the country’s right-wing leaders are failing to obey the Swedish constitution as they continue allowing planet-heating fossil fuel extraction. About 2,000 people marched through Stockholm on Friday at the 223rd “school strike” against climate inaction — part of the global Fridays for Future movement Thunberg began in 2018 with a one-person protest outside Swedish Parliament. Thunberg and her fellow plaintiffs symbolically delivered their lawsuit to the district court, following an…
Chilean Indigenous Activist Says COP27 Promoted Devastating Mega-Projects
The Global North’s scramble for energy-secure futures dominated the COP27 last week in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Corporate and mining lobbyists promoted high speed trains, lithium car batteries, hydrogen mega projects, and wind farms to transition from fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions while Indigenous activists resisted those same projects which are already causing irreparable environmental devastation and worsening climate change. The myth of “clean energy” has long been a guiding logic of the UN climate conference. COP27 illustrated not just a tension between financial strategies which environmental activists say are pointless, such as net zero carbon trading, but a battle…
Dutch Climate Activists Block Private Jets From Taking Off, Over 100 Arrested
More than 500 environmental and social justice campaigners on Saturday occupied the runway and blocked private jets from taking off from a major airport in the Netherlands to call attention to the highly-polluting travel practices of the uber-rich in the face of runaway climate catastrophe. The organizers of the protest said participants — many of whom were arrested by police for their actions — said the plan was “to keep air traffic from the private jet terminal grounded for as long as possible.” Dochter van 15 nu in arrestantenbusje #Schiphol Trots op haar! Broodnodige #klimaatactie tegen vervuilende privéluchtvaart! 1300 stoere…