Multiple demonstrators were detained by police in New York City on Monday during a protest launched by activists against fossil fuel financiers on Wall Street.
"Despite scientific consensus that burning fossil fuels is the primary driver of global warming, the world’s 60 biggest banks poured over $5.5 trillion into the fossil fuel industry since the signing of the Paris Agreement, driving climate chaos and causing deadly local community impacts," New York Communities for Change wrote in a press release.
Thousands of demonstrators flooded Manhattan streets on Sept. 17, 2023, to demand that President Biden take action to end fossil fuel expansion. The group added, "The wave of actions are part of a mass global escalation to call attention to end fossil fuels, with mobilizations occurring around the world, all taking place just days before the historic UN Climate Ambition Summit."
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