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Currently in Portland — October 16th, 2023: Rain with some wind to keep it company
Plus, a look into the global criminalization of climate protests
Stella Harris & Abbie Veitch
October 15, 2023
The weather, currently.
Rain continues on Monday, with some wind to keep it company.
Sunshine is on the way… but not yet. Monday will be another rainy day, and not just a half-hearted drizzle, either. We may get up to half an inch of rainfall, so take your weather prep seriously if you’re going out there.
In addition to the rain we’ll have a decent breeze, plus some even stronger gusts — making sure the rain can really get everything wet, even areas with a bit of cover.
So bundle up, stay warm and dry, and look forward to some midweek sun!
What you need to know, currently.
Climate activists are no strangers to facing arrest and criminal charges for climate protests. Just last month, over 100 climate activists were arrested in New York City.
However, a “crackdown” on climate protests in Europe is raising alarm bells for human rights experts. The crackdown extends past Europe, Inside Climate News reports that the criminalization of climate protests is, “an increasingly global trend.”
In an interview with On the Media, climate reporter Amy Westervelt discusses how the Atlas Network, a collective of right-leaning think tanks, has worked to reframe climate protests as extremist and dangerous. This, in part, has led to an uptick in the criminalization of climate protests.
Westervelt covers this topic extensively alongside climate journalist Geoff Dembicki in “The Real Free Speech Threat” an investigative series on her podcast, Drilled.
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