CNN reports:
Two climate activists glued themselves to a 200-year-old masterpiece at London's National Gallery on Monday, the latest in a string of disruptive protests by British environmentalist group Just Stop Oil.
The pair covered John Constable's famous landscape painting "The Hay Wain" with a modified version of the image before sticking their hands to its frame.
— Climate protesters glue themselves to 200-year-old masterpiece, 5 July 2022
HuffPost reports:
In just the past month, lawmakers in Utah, Georgia and Tennessee have passed legislation granting police broad new authority to charge anyone who interferes with or disrupts the operations of power plants and pipelines with felonies carrying years in prison.
Over the past five years, nearly two dozen states have enacted similar bills, all following the format of a model bill right-wing operatives working with fossil fuel lobbyists designed to thwart future climate protests like those against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
— Citing Neo-Nazi Plots Against The Grid, States Pass Laws Meant To Thwart Climate Protests, 19 April 2023
2023 study: Among Norwegian adults, anger predicts climate activism. Anger is more likely than hope to lead to climate activism by a factor of seven.
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