>> These people need to be sniped.
Among other definitions, there is this one too:
To aggressively challenge in speech or writing...
could just as easily be one of the climate mob in the car!
4 Jun: Politico: Green groups pivot to back protests against police: ‘People see those deep connections’
By ZACK COLMAN, GAVIN BADE and BEN LEFEBVRE
The environmental movement has drawn millions of activists to marches calling for action on climate change or to stop pipeline projects, and many of the largest green groups, including the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense Fund have issued statements supporting the protests that have erupted in dozens of cities and towns this week...
“Seeing massive health inequalities in the black community — that’s the same mass death we want to fight against with climate change, and we should be showing up for black lives,” said Mattias Lehman, the digital director for Sunrise Movement who got his start in the Black Lives Matter movement...
For large environmental organizations seeking to pivot from their efforts to draw attention to the heightened Covid-19 risks facing people exposed to pollution, addressing the unrest from the death of Floyd and others before him underscored the challenges facing the green movement as it broadens its focus...
For the newer groups of young activists that since late 2018 have led the push for the Green New Deal, seeking a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. economy to fight climate change, issues such as racial equality are seen as a core part of the mission. Organizations like the Sunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion have led that push...
“I do think this could be a turning point for the environmental movement. But the question is whether they are taking the moment now to stop and do nothing but uplift black lives,” said Lauren Wiggins, an online content strategist at Greenpeace, who attended protests last Friday in Oakland, Calif.
Many of the most powerful green groups in Washington, D.C., are still assessing what kind of role they can play beyond issuing statements supporting the protesters and giving staff time to attend protests. The NRDC is “exploring ways for staff to increase all kinds of civic engagement activities,” spokesperson Jenny Powers said in an email...
“When I started the job at NPCA (National Parks Conservation Association) I came in knowing it was a predominantly white organization with white privilege,” said Martínez, the NPCA’s resource protection manager, who was among the dozens of protesters who took shelter overnight Monday in a Washington, D.C., home as police threatened them with arrest...
The Sierra Club has sent emails to its volunteers and members amplifying messages of black activists and organizations, including calls to donate to such causes. Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace are working to expand their roles as conveners between environmental and social justice organizations.
Still, environmental activists who have participated in protests this week said they have seen a big difference in how law enforcement agencies have treated people calling out police violence than people who have taken the streets for climate change action...
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/04/green-groups-protests-police-301960