{"id":921555,"date":"2021-10-25T17:44:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T21:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=921555"},"modified":"2021-10-25T17:44:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T21:44:43","slug":"climate-protestors-arrested-for-blocking-rush-hour-traffic-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-protestors-arrested-for-blocking-rush-hour-traffic-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Protestors Arrested For Blocking Rush-Hour Traffic In NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclimate-protestors-arrested-for-blocking-rush-hour-traffic-in-nyc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=921555&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two groups of climate protesters were arrested en masse Monday after blocking highway traffic on opposite ends of New York City during rush hour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/climate-protesters-with-message-for-biden-arrested-after-blocking-nyc-roads\/3349461\/\">arrested<\/a> 45 protesters from the Sunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion after the two groups used <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1452617529126494211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1452617529126494211%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fjohn-s-2%2F2021%2F10%2F25%2Fextinction-rebellion-blocks-traffic-in-new-york-city-and-commuters-are-not-happy-n424675\">vehicles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1452623909061337100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1452623909061337100%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fjohn-s-2%2F2021%2F10%2F25%2Fextinction-rebellion-blocks-traffic-in-new-york-city-and-commuters-are-not-happy-n424675\">human chains<\/a> to block traffic on both <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1452617170635087878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1452617170635087878%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fjohn-s-2%2F2021%2F10%2F25%2Fextinction-rebellion-blocks-traffic-in-new-york-city-and-commuters-are-not-happy-n424675\">FDR Drive<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1452625524195479561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1452625524195479561%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fjohn-s-2%2F2021%2F10%2F25%2Fextinction-rebellion-blocks-traffic-in-new-york-city-and-commuters-are-not-happy-n424675\">West Side Highway<\/a> for about an hour. <\/p>\n<p>The groups were there to protest the removal of several key climate provisions from the Biden administration\u2019s $3.5 trillion spending package. The administration was forced to curtail or cut out several provisions because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/manchin-carbon-tax-not-on-the-table-for-infrastructure-bill\">opposition<\/a> from Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. The Daily Wire previously reported that Manchin opposed including a \u2018carbon tax\u2019 on energy production, as well as an incentive-based clean energy initiative that would aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/577317-democrats-scramble-for-climate-alternatives\">80% by 2030<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden promised to cut emissions by half by 2030 and now the legislation that can make it happen, everything that is hanging on the future of life on the planet, is hanging on what\u2019s happening in Congress and that\u2019s been negotiated down,\u201d one of the protesters told NBC4 New York.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear commuters: we are interrupting traffic this morning not to annoy you, but to force the public to confront the true dangers of unchecked climate change,\u201d Extinction Rebellion New York <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XR_NYC\/status\/1452617031640039435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1452617031640039435%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fjohn-s-2%2F2021%2F10%2F25%2Fextinction-rebellion-blocks-traffic-in-new-york-city-and-commuters-are-not-happy-n424675\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cIf we do not act today, if @potus does not act today, NYC will be underwater by 2100. It\u2019s a matter of life and death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are here today to tell @potus: We won\u2019t stand by and watch our city drown!\u201d The organization <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XR_NYC\/status\/1452638887235538954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1452638887235538954%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fjohn-s-2%2F2021%2F10%2F25%2Fextinction-rebellion-blocks-traffic-in-new-york-city-and-commuters-are-not-happy-n424675\">wrote<\/a> in another tweet. \u201cHe pledged to cut US emissions in half by 2030, but now his climate agenda is on the brink of collapse in Congress. @joebiden must fight to fit the full climate agenda in #BuildBackBetter ahead of COP26[.]\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesperate times call for desperate measures,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunrisemvmtnyc\/status\/1452638458720268302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1452638458720268302%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnewyork.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fclimate-protesters-with-message-for-biden-arrested-after-blocking-nyc-roads%2F3349461%2F\">Sunrise Movement<\/a> tweeted. \u201cWe shut down the West Side Highway this morning with @XR_NYC, @FFF_NYC_, and @JFREJNYC to demand @POTUS do everything he can to keep climate in Build Back Better. Biden leads or we drown[.]\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1452646004130467840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1452646004130467840%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fjohn-s-2%2F2021%2F10%2F25%2Fextinction-rebellion-blocks-traffic-in-new-york-city-and-commuters-are-not-happy-n424675\">arrived<\/a> on the scene and arrested the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Climate protesters also demonstrated in <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/576964-activists-say-655-arrested-during-week-of-dc-climate-protests\">Washington D.C.<\/a> Earlier this month to demand the Biden administration take stronger action on climate change, leading to a total of 655 arrests in the week of Oct. 11-15. 55 people were arrested during a sit-in at the Stewart Lee Udall Main Interior Building, home to the federal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two groups of climate protesters were arrested en masse Monday after blocking highway traffic on opposite ends of New York City during rush hour.\u00a0Police arrested 45 protesters from the Sunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion after the two groups used vehicles and human chains to block traffic on both FDR Drive and the West Side Highway for about an hour. The groups were there to protest the removal of several key climate provisions from the Biden administration\u2019s $3.5 trillion spending package. The administration was forced to curtail or cut out several provisions because of opposition from Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. The Daily Wire previously reported that Manchin opposed including a \u2018carbon tax\u2019 on energy production, as well as an incentive-based clean energy initiative that would aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2030.\u00a0\u201cBiden promised to cut emissions by half by 2030 and now the legislation that can make it happen, everything that is hanging on the future of life on the planet, is hanging on what\u2019s happening in Congress and that\u2019s been negotiated down,\u201d one of the protesters told NBC4 New York.\u00a0\u201cDear commuters: we are interrupting traffic this morning not to annoy you, but to force the public to confront the true dangers of unchecked climate change,\u201d Extinction Rebellion New York tweeted. \u201cIf we do not act today, if @potus does not act today, NYC will be underwater by 2100. It\u2019s a matter of life and death.\u201d\u201cWe are here today to tell @potus: We won\u2019t stand by and watch our city drown!\u201d The organization wrote in another tweet. \u201cHe pledged to cut US emissions in half by 2030, but now his climate agenda is on the brink of collapse in Congress. @joebiden must fight to fit the full climate agenda in #BuildBackBetter ahead of COP26[.]\u201d\u201cDesperate times call for desperate measures,\u201d Sunrise Movement tweeted. \u201cWe shut down the West Side Highway this morning with @XR_NYC, @FFF_NYC_, and @JFREJNYC to demand @POTUS do everything he can to keep climate in Build Back Better. Biden leads or we drown[.]\u201dPolice eventually arrived on the scene and arrested the protesters.Climate protesters also demonstrated in Washington D.C. Earlier this month to demand the Biden administration take stronger action on climate change, leading to a total of 655 arrests in the week of Oct. 11-15. 55 people were arrested during a sit-in at the Stewart Lee Udall Main Interior Building, home to the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs on Oct.14. Officials stated at the time that multiple security personnel inside the buildings sustained injuries, and one security guard was hospitalized. A protest at the Capitol building on Oct. 15 led to 90 people being arrested, including a left-wing activist and podcast host who tried to strike Capitol Police officers with a baseball bat, then bit an officer while being detained. It was later learned that she posted a picture of herself with the baseball bat to Twitter before the protests began that day.he Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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