This protest was far more focused on fossil fuels and the industry than previous marches. “We have to send a message that some of us are going to be living on, on this planet 30, 40, 50 years from now. “We have people all across the world in the streets, showing up, demanding a cessation of what is killing us,” Ocasio-Cortez told a cheering crowd. Organizers estimated 75,000 people marched Sunday. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a way that only countries that promise new concrete action are invited to speak. And they won’t speak at the summit organized by U.N. Many of the leaders of countries that cause the most heat-trapping carbon pollution will not be in attendance. It was the opening salvo to New York’s Climate Week, where world leaders in business, politics and the arts gather to try to save the planet, highlighted by a new special United Nations summit Wednesday. But the real action on Broadway was where protesters crowded the street, pleading for a better but not-so-hot future.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and actors Susan Sarandon, Ethan Hawke, Edward Norton, Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon.
The March to End Fossil Fuels featured such politicians as Rep. “If you want to win in 2024, if you do not want the blood of my generation to be on your hands, end fossil fuels.” “We hold the power of the people, the power you need to win this election,” said 17-year-old Emma Buretta of Brooklyn of the youth protest group Fridays for Future.
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