Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist and professor in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Earth and Environmental Science, said in an interview that he can’t speak to the specifics of what happened in Germany this week, but that the incident highlights how aggressive climate protests can hurt the movement’s aims. While many history scholars have pointed to the significance of civil disobedience in Western society and the broader fight for human rights, recent research also suggests that the aggressive tactics used by some climate groups have been counterproductive. Increasingly disruptive protests have also opened a rift within the climate movement. “This backlash isn’t surprising because we pose a threat to the fossil fuel corporations currently running our politics and economy.” chapter of the climate group Extinction Rebellion, said in a statement to Inside Climate News. “We’ve seen similar crackdowns here in the U.S., from terrorism charges and the murder of Tortuguita in Atlanta to recent conspiracy charges against climate protestors right here in D.C.,” Jade Olson, a spokesperson for the D.C. have adopted a slew of laws in recent years that level harsh penalties on protesters. Some countries and a number of conservative states in the U.S. The news-especially the large-scale raid in Germany-prompted harsh criticism from the climate activist community, many of whom accused their political leaders of attempting to criminalize peaceful protest while propping up the fossil fuel industry. Both of those activists face two counts related to conspiracy and damaging property, with each charge carrying a maximum sentence of five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine. Those arrests were made in relation to ongoing protests over the controversial plan to build a large law enforcement training facility- nicknamed “Cop City” by activists-in some of Atlanta’s old-growth forest, which environmentalists want to protect.Īnd last week, a federal grand jury indicted two climate activists after they smeared paint on the protective case of a famous Edgar Degas sculpture in the National Gallery of Art back in April. police arrested three environmental justice activists in Atlanta and charged them with money laundering and charity fraud. On Wednesday, German police raided 15 properties linked to a climate activist group, making no arrests but seizing bank accounts and other assets as part of a larger criminal investigation that includes allegations of members trying to sabotage an oil pipeline.
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A series of police raids in Germany and the United States this week are resparking the debate over what is and isn’t an acceptable form of protest, as climate activists frustrated by the slow progress of their governments to curb rising carbon emissions continue to block traffic, target art installations and generally disrupt day-to-day public life.
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