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Sep 23, 2019
Climate Change: Climate activists plan to block traffic in U.S. capital
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - Activists seeking to pressure U.S. politicians to fight
climate change aim to blockade major traffic hubs in the U.S. capital on
Monday, drawing attention to a U.N. Climate Summit that will be
attended by leaders from about 60 countries.
FILE
PHOTO: Activists take part in a demonstration as part of the Global
Climate Strike in Manhattan, September 20. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Those
attending the New York summit will include the leaders of small island
states most at risk from rising sea levels and companies expected to
make fresh pledges to cut emissions of greenhouse gases.
“One
thing we’ve learned is that shutting down a city is a very effective way
to communicate the gravity of the climate crisis,” said Kaela
Bamberger, a spokeswoman for Extinction Rebellion DC, one of the roughly
two dozen groups participating.
The protest, called Shut Down
DC, is also backed by the Metro D.C. chapter of the Democratic
Socialists of America and Black Lives Matter D.C.
By late Sunday night, nearly 1,150 people had signed up for the protests on a dedicated web site, organisers said.
Activists
will target four locations, including Farragut Square, in downtown
Washington, Columbus Circle, near the Union Station train terminal, and
Folger Park on Capitol Hill.
Actions at some sites would begin at
6:30 a.m. (1030 GMT), the groups said, without revealing the exact
streets they plan to shut.
DC metropolitan police said they were equipped to handle a demonstration of any size.
Extinction
Rebellion, which says it is backed by hundreds of scientists, promotes
non-violent civil disobedience to press governments to cut carbon
emissions and avert a climate crisis it fears will bring starvation and
social collapse.
Over 11 days in April, the group disrupted parts of London, stopping trains and defacing the building of energy giant Shell.
Protesters
aim to pressure U.S. government workers who are helping to make
Washington an obstacle in international climate negotiations, Bamberger
said.
President Donald Trump, who is not scheduled to attend the
U.N. climate meet and intends to pull the United States out of the 2015
Paris accord, has rolled back Obama-era rules on emission cuts and
wants to maximize U.S. energy output.
Monday’s protest also
seeks to support the strikes of Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish
climate activist who traveled to New York in a sailboat and is
participating in the U.N. summit.
Reporting by Timothy Gardner; Editing by Clarence Fernandez
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