Climate activists win necessity defense case in London

By Isabella Kaminski 10 May 2019 (Climate Liability News) – Two climate change protesters were acquitted of criminal damage in the United Kingdom in a rare success using what has been called the necessity defense to justify civil disobedience. A jury in Southwark Crown Court in London took the minimum time of two hours to […]

How teen climate activist Greta Thunberg got everyone to listen – “Now I am speaking to the whole world”

How teen climate activist Greta Thunberg got everyone to listen – “Now I am speaking to the whole world”

By Suyin Haynes 16 May 2019 (TIME) – “Can you hear me?” Greta Thunberg asks the 150 members and advisers in the U.K. Houses of Parliament. She taps the microphone as if to check if it’s on, but the gesture is meant as a rebuke; she’s asking if they’re listening. She asks again later in […]

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