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Currently in Denver — October 16, 2023: Comfortable and Sunny
Plus, a look into the global criminalization of climate protests
Julia Dinmore & Abbie Veitch
October 15, 2023
The weather, currently.
Comfortable and Sunny
If you hate Mondays, at least this one’s weather will be lovely! 🙂 This week kicks off with sunny skies, low winds, and a high of 74 degrees. Skies will stay clear into the night, and temperatures will drop to 45.
Remember to dress in layers when you head out so you don’t get bamboozled by Denver’s multi-seasonal days. Yesterday, I wore a turtleneck to walk to my favorite coffee shop (for a pumpkin spice latte, you know how it is), and I started regretting my decision about halfway there. Don’t make my mistake. I am a fool!
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.
What you can do, currently.
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