The last time Extinction Rebellion staged a protest on this scale, in April, more than 1,000 people were arrested, in a police operation that cost nearly $20 million. Extinction Rebellion has grown in parallel to the climate strike protests inspired by teenage Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. It has attracted not just schoolchildren but also young professionals, parents, grannies and others concerned about climate change and habitat loss. Along with the student climate strikers and British naturalist David Attenborough, they have helped to change the content and tone of the conversation about climate change. A day after Extinction Rebellion representatives met with government officials, the British Parliament declared a climate emergency.

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2019 13:45 UTC