Declare Emergency Disrupts DC Traffic at Constitution Avenue Tunnel
Six Declare Emergency supporters went into the road and sat down to get Biden to declare a climate emergency. They disrupted traffic on 12th Street NW and Constitution Ave NW in Washington D.C. to demand that President Biden declare a climate emergency and halt all new fossil fuel projects on Federal and Indigenous lands and waters. Laura Simon of VT, Michelle Drossman of NY, and Anastasia Rogers of CA were arrested.
Looking Back Declare Emergency Shut Down DC Beltway for 90 minutes on July 4th, 2022
On July 4th, 2022, 13 Declare Emergency supporters went out on the Washington DC Beltway, at the Colesville exit in Maryland, and sat down on the highway. They blocked traffic for 90 minutes - and in the end, were taken off to jail. Two and a half months later, the Colesville 13 pled guilty in a Montgomery County courtroom presided over by a Judge Koch. Judge Koch handed down a 4 day sentence. The Colesville 13 would go in that Friday afternoon, and be released on Monday. It was a surprising verdict, because the prosecution was asking for community service and time served.
XR NYC Pulls Off Solidarity Action to #FreeDegasTwo
“Climate activists from #XRNYC & @riseandresistny stood in solidarity at The Met Museum, symbolically silencing themselves with tape bearing words like 'Floods' and 'Famine,' to raise awareness about the government's repression of the climate movement.
Declare Emergency Brings the Art Protests Stateside
In an unprecedented moment of bravery for a stateside transgressive climate action, two beautiful activists cover the Little Dancer in an improving mix of black and white - highlighting the dire need to turn our attention to humanity’s greatest threat - climate Change.