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In New Zealand, Increasingly Severe Crackdowns on Environmental Protesters Fail to Deter Climate Activists (insideclimatenews.org)

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[-] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

In New Zealand, Increasingly Severe Climate Change Fails to Deter Anti-Climate Lobbies

[-] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 year ago

Despite the bad news, it's good to know that there's still people out there that care and are actually doing something about it.

[+] seth@lemmy.world -16 points 1 year ago

What's her ideal step 2 meant to be here?

Glue myself to a road
?
Climate change disaster averted

Protesting in this way does not make me want to support the protester's cause in any way. She's not convincing anyone with the power to make positive changes to make changes, and she's not going to be supported by a single person who she prevented from going about their day by being a prick.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

climate change is going to prevent you from going about your day in a much worse way

[-] funkpandemic@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Yes exactly!! They need to protest quietly and indoors in their own homes where they can't be heard or seen by us in any way shape or form.

[-] seth@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I said "protesting in this way," not protesting in general. Who is she protesting, the public? Agriculture, industry, and power account for like 75% of greenhouse gases. Transportation is like 15%. Stalling transportation as a protest only increases the amount of GHG. What is the positive result of her supergluing her hand to the road, increasing the GHG emissions of all the vehicles she stalled? What is the #2? What is the best case hoped for result of this type of protest?

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