Ahead of a major march Sunday in New York City to escalate the fight to end fossil fuels, hundreds of climate activists blocked the entrances to Citibank’s headquarters in Manhattan Thursday as part of a push to end financing for the fossil fuel industry. At least 25 people were arrested, including Alec Connon, co-director of Stop the Money Pipeline. He spoke to Democracy Now! after his release.
Yeah, so, this letter, that some 400 scientists have signed, is actually very simple. It’s one of our shorter letters. It simply asks the Biden administration to meet the demands of the March to End Fossil Fuels, which are, essentially, to stop federal approval for new fossil fuel projects and repeal permits for major projects like the Willow project and the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which I’m sure we’ll talk about in a minute; to phase out fossil drilling on our public lands and waters; to declare a climate emergency; and to design an energy transition that protects workers’ rights, which might relate to your earlier segment. And the reason why — you know, we could get into the science of it. We don’t actually spend a lot of time in this letter talking about how the continued use of fossil fuels puts us at greater risk of devastating heat and
— source democracynow.org | Sep 15, 2023