With the news that global atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide set a record high last seen 3 million years ago, calls for action have been accelerating—as has press coverage, from publications big and small.
London was the site of major protests earlier, with massive numbers of mostly young people in front of the Houses of Parliament, and protestors blockading roads in the central city, said CNN and the BBC.
And activists have increasingly found themselves going to more extreme levels to get their message across—such as the lawyer who set himself on fire in Brooklyn, NY, last year. The Guardian did a touching, extensive profile of the latter, on the one-year anniversary of his self-immolation.
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