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The activists were convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance after they organised protests to block the M25 motorway in November 2022. Roger Hallam , co-founder of Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion , was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, while his fellow activists Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu and ...
Later in 2017, Hallam was a leading member of activist group Stop Killing Londoners, [20] an anti-pollution campaign [21] of mass civil disobedience that they hoped would result in the arrest and imprisonment of activists. [22] Hallam with Stuart Basden, Ian Bray and Genny Scherer were prosecuted and some pledged to go on hunger strike if ...
Additionally, climate change has been found to increase the frequency of extreme heat and pollen events that exacerbate asthma, disproportionately affecting pediatric ED visits of BIPOC. [ 62 ] A row of industrial plants in Louisiana has now been dubbed " Cancer Alley " due to the high prevalence of cancer cases in the surrounding communities.
But if they admitted that, they would be out of a job.
An international climate advocacy organization called on President Biden to pardon four activists charged with felonies in connection with climate demonstrations before leaving office. Two of the ...
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Timothy Mansfield DeChristopher (born November 18, 1981) is an American climate activist and co-founder of the environmental group Peaceful Uprising. In December 2008, he protested a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction of 116 parcels of public land in Utah's redrock country by successfully bidding on 14 parcels of land (totaling 22,500 acres) for $1.8 million with no ...
One protester said she thought the King would ‘probably be here’ and ‘up for doing some camping’ if he could.