A group of climate change activists planning to “converge” at the White House and “risk arrest” during protests are funded by an organization funded by huge donations from wealthy American elites. are being offered.
Climate Defiance, a climate activist group founded in 2023, tweeted on Monday that it was “a presidential stabbed us in the back,” announcing an imminent protest. plan. A Los Angeles-based 501(c)(3) organization called the Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) receives millions of dollars from wealthy elites to fund climate change. according to In an interview for Politico with the executive director of CEF.
Climate Defiance has announced that the upcoming White House protests will be held “in anger and grief,” claiming that speeding up the gas pipeline would amount to “a death sentence.”The group plans a protest at 2 p.m. Thursday.
BREAKING: With anger and sorrow, love and fundamental hope, today we share a plan: We will meet at the White House. And we run the risk of being arrested. We invite all people of good conscience to join us.
— Climate Defiance (@ClimateDefiance) June 5, 2023
CEF itself receives fundraising According to the CEF’s 2022 annual report, this came in the form of donations from dozens of America’s elite. Hillary Clinton’s organization, Onward Together, has donated $300,000 to the CEF from March 2021 to April 2022. according to to Fox News. (Related article: Prominent abortion advocates seem to be fronting radical revolutionary communists)
Other notable elite donors to CEF, according to the 2022 annual report, include Abigail Disney, Chelsea Handler, former Harvey Weinstein attorney and adviser Lisa Bloom, Adam McKay, oil Including heiress Eileen Getty’s Charitable Foundation. McKay and Getty also serve on his CEF board. McKay pledged to donate $4 million to CEF in 2022. according to To the 2022 CEF press release.
Three weeks ago today, we kicked pro-fossil-fuel pro-pipeline Senator Amy Klobuchar off the stage at a book launch party.
Tonight she voted to shut down the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
To our knowledge, this is the first gas project she has ever opposed.
Direct action works. pic.twitter.com/0d7EdHiLqg
— Climate Defiance (@ClimateDefiance) June 2, 2023
CEF also provides grants to fund many extreme weather protest groups beyond Climate Defiance. Other CEF-funded organizations for Climate Defiance include Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion, and New York Communities For Change.
5. During the Correspondents’ Dinner, a Secret Service SUV drove past us on our way to the venue. We defended our position. Eventually the driver was forced to back up. pic.twitter.com/4SqIlchHCG
— Climate Defiance (@ClimateDefiance) May 25, 2023
CEF has disbursed $5.1 million in grants to 44 activist groups in 2022 alone. according to to that website. According to its 2022 annual report, the organization is based on the premise that “disruptive, non-violent action can be an incredibly cost-effective way to spur transformative policy change.” operated by (Related: Demonstrators try to disrupt public hearings on China, some hold upside down ‘Stop Asia Hate’ signs)
tonight’s protesters @ClimateDefiance closed the street outside @Sen SchumerRequest a refusal at home in New York #debt ceiling agreementthey call it a “dirty deal” for rushing fossil fuel projects.
video: @JonFarina for @N2Sreports pic.twitter.com/PStVy3z6vl
— Ford Fisher (@FordFischer) May 31, 2023
According to its 2022 annual report, the CEF funds subversive activities in 34 countries. Since its inception in 2019, the organization has funded 106 groups, trained more than 30,000 climate change activists and mobilized more than 1 million protesters, according to its website.
sign up Portal Because Climate Defiance’s “pledge of resistance” asks whether prospective protesters are willing to risk being arrested for participating in the group’s activities.separate donation page Because the group promotes Climate Defiance’s purpose of “making the lives of cowards who collude with climate change miserable.” (Related: Woman charged with spitting in cop’s face is NYU graduate and former Nadler intern)
The announcement came just a day after a group of members blocked a statement by Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin at a Semaphore-sponsored Reform Acceptance Summit.
BREAKING: We **substantially sabotage** a speech by Biden Advisor Heather Bushey calling for shelving the dirty deal. The Mountain Valley Pipeline is equivalent to adding 19 million cars to the road. This is unconscionable. This is a death sentence for us. It’s time to stand up. pic.twitter.com/lE4El6Uyy9
— Climate Defiance (@ClimateDefiance) May 31, 2023
5. During the Correspondents’ Dinner, a Secret Service SUV drove past us on our way to the venue. We defended our position. Eventually the driver was forced to back up. pic.twitter.com/4SqIlchHCG
— Climate Defiance (@ClimateDefiance) May 25, 2023
Climate Defiance made headlines throughout 2023 for its disruptive climate change activities. They protested at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, jeered Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar, and disrupted speeches by Biden administration officials.
Neither Climate Defiance nor CEF immediately responded to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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