US EditionMarchers gather in worldwide protest of financial institutions ‘profiting off the climate crisis’
Activists linked the climate crisis to economic inequality and social justice, highlighting that 2024 was the hottest year on record, with protests targeting financial elites and policy rollbacks.
- Protesters across the world marched against financial institutions and corporations 'profiting off the climate crisis', arguing they prioritized profits over people's lives.
- Demonstrators carried giant puppets mocking billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, accusing them and their companies of causing environmental damage.
- Organizers emphasized the interconnectedness of various social and environmental issues like climate change, economic inequality, and immigrant rights as struggles against powerful elites.
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Varied Causes Unite Against Profits
Thousands of activists marched down Park Avenue and turned down Billionaires Row toward Trump Tower in New York City on Saturday to "Make Billionaires Pay"—in support of climate justice, democracy, free speech, gender equality, a stop to the Trump administration's immigration enforcement, and a ceasefire in Gaza. Their signs...
Marchers gather to protest financial institutions 'profiting off the climate crisis'
NEW YORK — Hundreds of activists marched down Park Avenue and turned down Billionaires Row toward Trump Tower in New York Saturday to “Make Billionaires Pay,” calling for climate justice, democracy, free speech, gender equality, a stop to the Trump's immigration crackdown and a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Marchers gather in worldwide protest of financial institutions "profiting off the climate crisis"
On the eve of New York Climate Week, activists and members of the public have gathered to protest the financial institutions that are “making our lives more expensive while profiting off the climate crisis, war and genocide,” the organizers say.
Greenpeace USA Unveils Giant “Bill” With Expected Economic Damages From Just 5 Major Oil & Gas Companies At NYC
Greenpeace USA activists deployed a giant “Climate Polluters Bill” nearly 160 feet long — the length of an Olympic swimming pool — through midtown Manhattan today, while marching in a mass demonstration during Climate Week NYC and on the eve of the UN General Assembly and the UN Secretary General’s Climate Ambition Summit.[1] Mads Christensen, Executive Director, Greenpeace International said: “No one is safe from deadly heatwaves, wildfires, to…
Activists gather in worldwide protest of financial institutions ‘profiting off the climate crisis’
Thousands of activists marched down Park Avenue and turned down Billionaires’ Row toward Trump Tower in New York Saturday to “Make Billionaires Pay,” calling for climate justice, democracy, free speech, gender equality, a stop to the Trump’s immigration crackdown and a ceasefire in Gaza
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