Cornell on Fire Says “Don’t Look Away”

Cornell On Fire actions condemn university administration’s silence and silencing in the face of an existential crisis. We call on Cornell to declare a climate emergency. We blindfolded and gagged the statue of Cornell founder and adorned him with a message to those in power at Cornell: “The science is clear. Don’t look away. Don’t muzzle protesters. Declare a Climate Emergency."

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Rapid Response Action Team Activates

RRAT, the Rapid Response Action Team, was created to fight the silence and make the connections between catastrophe, climate and cause when bad things happen. RRAT is creating a library of videos, press releases, facts and talking points we can use in this fight for truth. We have decades of science predicting these climate-change-intensified disasters to back us up.

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Calling on Leaders to Speak Up about Climate Catastrophes

On January 6th, we sent our petition to President Biden, calling on him to declare a climate emergency before he leaves office. One day later, the climate emergency came to the people of Los Angeles county, in the form of unprecedented wildfires. We again call on President Biden and the Democratic party to make a very clear and public statement connecting the ways climate change has made catastrophes like this more intense and more frequent.

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Responding to the Election Results: Anger is an Energy

We are filled with rage and dismay at the US election outcome. Under Trump’s leadership, we expect a direct assault on the protection of human and environmental justice at home and abroad. His election could lead to social and environmental catastrophes worse than we have ever seen.

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