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Currently in Seattle — October 16, 2023: Blustery Monday
Plus, a look into the global criminalization of climate protests
Loren Drummond & Abbie Veitch
October 15, 2023
The weather, currently.
Rainy and windy
Wow, that weekend proved nicer than expected in classic Seattle style; a little of everything. Monday looks … less ideal.
Wear your rain gear for school and work commutes, and batten down your hatches for some blustery, wet weather that will whip colorful leaves around town.
We’ve got a high of 63, but a pretty good chance of proper rain all day, especially in the morning. The day will be blustery, too, getting windier as the day goes on and maybe even gusting up to 24 mph.
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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