​​In the U.K., two members of the direct action climate group Just Stop Oil were arrested after they spray-painted the words “1.5 is dead” on the grave of Charles Darwin at London’s Westminster Abbey Monday. The protest follows the news last week that 2024 was the hottest year in human history, with the average global temperature rising by 1.6 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. This is one of the activists. Alyson Lee: “2024 was the hottest year on record. We have already passed through the 1.5 degree that was supposed to keep us safe. Millions are being displaced. California is on fire. And three-quarters of all wildlife has disappeared since the 1970s.” The activist later said she believed Charles Darwin would approve of their protest “because he would be following the science, and he would be as upset as us with the government for ignoring the science.”
  • spujb@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    24 hours ago

    Glad for these guys. Their protests are the only ones that consistently get headlines and they make a point that nothing they do is permanent or a public danger.

    I used to be more concerned about “le optics” of this but have come to the conclusion I was just being reactionary where I didn’t have to be.

    • Sporkbomber@lemm.eeEnglish
      513·
      22 hours ago

      “Their protests are the only ones that consistently get headlines and they make a point that nothing they do is permanent or a public danger.”

      No public danger?

      Like when they blocked a roadway and kept an ambulance from moving a patient? Or when one of their protests caused enough traffic to delay a responding ambulance resulting in 2 deaths?

      Or just in general figuring the best way to get across their message is to sit in a roadway.