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Currently in Miami — October 16, 2023: A pleasant change
Plus, a look into the global criminalization of climate protests
John Morales & Abbie Veitch
October 15, 2023
The weather, currently.
A pleasant change
Fall is finally beginning to show its face as a cold front moving in brings a relatively steep drop in temperatures to South Florida. Heat indices had already fallen out of the triple digits on Sunday, bringing an end to the oppressive heat — now maximum temperatures are expected to stay in the low 80s on Monday.
This will be the driest and coolest air of the season so far, and it will continue through midweek. No rain is expected during this time, and skies will be nice and sunny. It’s about time South Floridians get to enjoy some time outdoors after what has been a long and suffocating extended summer.
What you need to know, currently.
Climate activists are no strangers to facing arrest and criminal charges for climate protests. Just last month, over 100 climate activists were arrested in New York City.
However, a “crackdown” on climate protests in Europe is raising alarm bells for human rights experts. The crackdown extends past Europe, Inside Climate News reports that the criminalization of climate protests is, “an increasingly global trend.”
In an interview with On the Media, climate reporter Amy Westervelt discusses how the Atlas Network, a collective of right-leaning think tanks, has worked to reframe climate protests as extremist and dangerous. This, in part, has led to an uptick in the criminalization of climate protests.
Westervelt covers this topic extensively alongside climate journalist Geoff Dembicki in “The Real Free Speech Threat” an investigative series on her podcast, Drilled.
What you can do, currently.
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