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October 25, 2021, Extinction Rebellion:

This morning, 33 activists from Extinction Rebellion NYC and Sunrise NYC were arrested for disrupting rush hour traffic on FDR Drive and West Side Highway. With this action, we demand that President Biden use all the tools at his disposal to ensure the clean electricity provision is included in the Build Back Better Act and we insist that the United States cannot show up empty-handed at the upcoming 26th United Nations climate conference (COP26). This conference is the last best chance for the world to agree on the steps necessary to avoid climate catastrophe.

     We vow to cause further disruption until President Biden takes executive action to fulfill his climate pledge to cut U.S. emissions in half by 2030. The coming weeks are critical but continued efforts are only possible with financial support - if you are able, please make a donation to fund upcoming actions.
     To the commuters who were inconvenienced by these simultaneous disruptions, we're sorry. We believe civil disruption is necessary to force awareness of the urgent need for climate action by the government. This action follows in the footsteps of many historical social-change movements that used non-violent civil disobedience to instigate large-scale political change.