Protest

Fossil Cartel Flags Global Student Mobilisation as Industry’s ‘Greatest Threat’

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The #FridaysforFuture movement has emerged as the global fossil industry’s “greatest threat”, with some staffers with the Vienna-based Organization of Petroleum Export Countries (OPEC) having to answer uncomfortable questions from their own children about the connection between oil and gas production and the climate crisis. “There is a growing mass mobilization of world opinion…against oil,” … Read more

Students Stage Day of Global Climate Protests

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From the South Pacific to the edge of the Arctic Circle, students mobilised by word of mouth and social media are skipping class to protest what they believe are their governments’ failure to take tough action against global warming. The coordinated ‘school strikes,’ were inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who began holding solitary … Read more