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The Climate Movement is Creating Policy Breakthroughs

  • Wall Street Heat Campaign Pushes NYC Pension Fund to Divest from Fossil Fuels

    After months of sustained pressure from NYC climate activists, the NYC pension fund moved hundreds of millions of dollars out of fossil fuel investments

  • Just Stop Oil Wins its Core Demand

    The UK government has moved to halt all new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea, meeting JSO UK’s core demand and keeping billions of barrels of oil in the ground

  • Richmond Climate Movement Secures $550 Million Settlement from Chevron

    Years of sustained grassroots energy forced Chevron to make a massive payout to the city of Richmond

  • Biden Moves to Protect Millions of Acres of Alaskan Wilderness

    After sustained pressure from numerous groups, including Climate Defiance, Biden moved to protect an area roughly the size of Pennsylvania from oil and gas exploration

  • Amazon Drops Plans for Gas Power at Oregon Data Center

    After being targeted with multiple protests, Amazon backed out of plans to purchase fracked gas from the GTN Xpress Pipeline

  • Sweden Makes Wetland Restoration a Top Priority

    After two years of consistent pressure Återställ Våtmarker, all major Swedish political parties have agreed to prioritize wetland restoration!

  • Biden Pauses New LNG Export Infrastructure

    After sustained pressure, the Biden Administration paused a major buildout of LNG infrastructure on the Gulf Coast

  • Dutch Government Moves to Ban Fossil Fuel Subsidies

    After 27 straight days of protest and over 9,000 arrests, Extinction Rebellion Netherlands forced the Dutch government to meet its core demand!

  • Protesters blockading a private jet at Schiphol Airport

    Schiphol Airport Bans Private Jets

    Scientist Rebellion and XR Netherlands won when Amsterdam’s largest airport to become the first major airport to completely ban private air travel.

  • NYCC protesters speak at a rally

    New York Bans Gas in New Construction

    New York State banned gas hookups in new construction after years of pressure from New York Communities for Change and other groups.

Protest movements are the fastest, most cost-effective way of creating transformative change.

Ozden (2022) The Stanford Social Innovation Review

InProtest Movements Could Be More Effective than the Best Charities (2022), James Ozden rigorously demonstrates the superior impact of funding disruptive protest in keeping carbon out of the atmosphere.

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