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Currently in NYC — October 16, 2023: A seasonable mix of sun and clouds
Plus, a look into the global criminalization of climate protests
Stacy Blundell & Abbie Veitch
October 15, 2023
The weather, currently.
A seasonable mix of sun and clouds
Hope you enjoyed our sixth consecutive weekend of rain. That’s right- sixth! At least we salvaged Sunday. We begin our workweek with a mix of sun and clouds and just a slight chance of a shower. We’ll have a high of 62°F which is henley weather for me. Still a bit too warm for a proper sweater in my opinion. Overall, our week is looking partly sunny with our next main shot of rain coming…. you guessed it…. over the weekend. Hope you have an easy Monday!
Bike Forecast:
8 out of 10
What you need to know, currently.
Climate activists are no strangers to facing arrest and criminal charges for climate protests. Just last month, over 100 climate activists were arrested in New York City.
However, a “crackdown” on climate protests in Europe is raising alarm bells for human rights experts. The crackdown extends past Europe, Inside Climate News reports that the criminalization of climate protests is, “an increasingly global trend.”
In an interview with On the Media, climate reporter Amy Westervelt discusses how the Atlas Network, a collective of right-leaning think tanks, has worked to reframe climate protests as extremist and dangerous. This, in part, has led to an uptick in the criminalization of climate protests.
Westervelt covers this topic extensively alongside climate journalist Geoff Dembicki in “The Real Free Speech Threat” an investigative series on her podcast, Drilled.
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