Powered by RebelMouse

protesters

Top Tweets
Closeup of the EPA website.
Icebergs on water with brown mountains in the background.
A steel factory with cables and a large piece of metal hanging from the ceiling.
A blue water source with trees along the edge and polluted orange water on the other side of the trees.
EXPLORE
Copyright © RebelMouse 2017
Politics
Sainte-Soline reservoir mega-basins water
Photo by Joshua Earle on Unsplash

UN condemns violence against French water defenders

Last week the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a report directed at French authorities that expressed concern about the excessive use of force deployed against protesters of water privatization in western France.

cop26 climate politics pilgrims
commons.wikimedia.org

Camino to Cop26: Climate pilgrims walk 135 miles to promote film

Stars of a film about a 500-mile trek to Scotland for Cop26 hit the road again for the Bristol premiere.

russia putin climate protest lawsuit
commons.wikimedia.org

Russia faces its first-ever climate lawsuit

Activists in Russia have filed the country’s first climate change-related lawsuit, petitioning the federal government for stronger action to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius

Impacts
climate protests children impacts politics
Photo by Tania Malréchauffé on Unsplash

Climate change protesters in Glasgow demand action, but provide few details

A pair of large protests outside the U.N. Climate Change Conference on Friday and Saturday featured thousands of children holding signs, persistent chanting, infectious samba drums, but a somewhat muddled message about how the world should go about avoiding catastrophic climate change.
Causes
The battle for a paycheck in Kentucky coal country

The battle for a paycheck in Kentucky coal country

A coalition of miners, their families, and labor activists encamped beside a train loaded with a million dollars’ worth of coal, pledging not to move until the miners get the wages they are due.
Causes
Dominion shareholders meet in Columbia; protesters show up
www.thestate.com

Dominion shareholders meet in Columbia; protesters show up

Dominion Energy says it has lowered rates and protected the environment. Protesters disagree.

Politics
How energy companies and allies are turning the law against protesters
insideclimatenews.org

How energy companies and allies are turning the law against protesters

In at least 31 states, lawmakers and governors have introduced bills and orders since Standing Rock that target protests, particularly opposition to pipelines.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
The Magdalena River in Colombia with a small tour boat on its banks and a sunset and trees in background.

Colombia’s largest oil company accused of hiding environmental damage

Illuminated bridge at dusk in Alexandria Egypt

Alexandria's fishing families stay put as seas rise around them

Two Indigenous South American children.

Ecuador must expand protections for isolated Indigenous groups after court ruling

MOST POPULAR
silhouette of people holding hands by a lake at sunset

An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

CLIMATE
Closeup of the EPA website.

Volunteers scramble to rescue federal environmental data as Trump administration pulls it offline

Icebergs on water with brown mountains in the background.

Melting glaciers put global food and water systems at risk