{"id":292704,"date":"2023-12-26T18:03:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T17:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=292704"},"modified":"2023-12-26T18:03:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T17:03:32","slug":"climate-change-is-coming-to-town-heres-how-a-disruptive-eco-activist-group-spread-christmas-fear-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=292704","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Climate Change Is Coming To Town\u2019: Here\u2019s How A Disruptive Eco-Activist Group Spread Christmas Fear In DC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hardline environmental activists sang climate change-themed carols outside of a Washington, D.C., holiday market ahead of the Christmas holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of Extinction Rebellion\u2019s D.C. arm (XR-DC) congregated on the periphery of the downtown holiday market in the capital\u2019s Gallery Place neighborhood, donning Santa hats and singing traditional Christmas carols with lyrics conveying the fear and angst climate change causes them. The carolers sang numbers like \u201cI\u2019m Dreaming of a Just Workplace,\u201d \u201cThe 12 Days of Crisis\u201d and\u00a0 \u201cClimate Change is Coming to Town,\u201d all spoofs of traditional Christmas songs that have marked the arrival of the holiday season in America for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s beginning to look a-poc-a-lyptic, science knows also. Take a look at the gap report, summer is pretty short, the data models, charts and graphs all show,\u201d the activists sang in their version of \u201cIt\u2019s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas,\u201d referencing the United Nations\u2019 \u201cemissions gap\u201d report. \u201cIt\u2019s beginning to look a-poc-a-lyptic, facts can be ignored, there are islands lost at sea, news cycles that should not be, but there\u2019s more in store.\u201d\u00a0(RELATED: Climate Group Behind Headline-Grabbing Protests Is A \u2018Cult,\u2019 Former Member Says)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wider XR network is one of many confrontational eco-activist organizations that receive funding from the Climate Emergency Fund<\/a> (CEF), a nonprofit which receives tax-deductible donations from many wealthy American liberals, such as Hollywood writer Adam McKay, \u201cSuccession\u201d star Jeremy Strong<\/a> and failed<\/a> 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton\u2019s Onward Together<\/a> organization, according<\/a> to CEF\u2019s 2022 annual report. Other notable groups that operate with the help of CEF\u2019s money include Just Stop Oil<\/a> and Climate Defiance<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

XR-DC\u2019s activists have staged numerous disruptive protests in recent years, including a 2019 protest outside the World Bank that\u00a0halted<\/a>\u00a0traffic and dumping\u00a0manure<\/a>\u00a0outside of the White House in 2021 to make their views of President Joe Biden\u2019s climate agenda known, for example. This style of protest is central to the group\u2019s mission and strategy, which is to grab attention with their tactics and prompt discussions about climate change and society\u2019s response to it in more direct fashion than conventional, less confrontational acts of protest,\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to XR-DC\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The holiday market featured numerous tents selling all sorts of wares, ranging from print maps and jewelry to dream-catchers and aromatic cheeses. Thousands of people visited the market on this particular Saturday afternoon, with intermittent gusts of wind bringing an occasional chill to an otherwise pleasant and sunny December day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wish to avoid extinction, we wish to avoid extinction and live without fear,\u201d the group sang to the tune of \u201cWe Wish You a Merry Christmas,\u201d a favorite of carolers everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most passers-by continued to their destinations, whether buried in their smartphones or accompanied by their children or shopping bags. Some, however, stopped to listen in to the XR-DC performance, held just beyond the market\u2019s confines and far enough away from the band playing on the stage at the far end of the market so as to be heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the five carolers had concluded their performance, which went smoothly despite their lack of practice sessions ahead of time, the Daily Caller News Foundation caught up with two of the activists to discuss their organization\u2019s activities and their views on climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCertainly, it\u2019s in our very name \u2026 we are rebelling against the status quo and the inaction by our elected officials and our business leaders. So, we do see ourselves as rebels, and cherish that we are trying to disrupt the status quo,\u201d said Charles, one of the XR-DC activists who gave the DCNF his first name. The group does not expect to receive coal in its stocking this year, he told the DCNF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSanta doesn\u2019t want all of the ice at the North Pole to melt, so we\u2019re definitely on the nice list,\u201d Carol, another XR-DC caroler, told the DCNF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we stay on track, by the end of the century, there\u2019s going to be a billion people displaced from their homes due to climate change,\u201d Carol told the DCNF. \u201cPeople want to stay in their homes, and we\u2019re making it impossible for them to do so and live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think we need immigration reform now in this country,\u201d Carol continued in reference to the discussion about climate refugees. \u201cThat\u2019s another conversation,\u201d she said when asked to clarify what that reform would look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notably, illegal immigration has surged to unprecedented levels under the Biden administration; though it is impossible to know the true number of people that have entered the country illegally since the Biden administration took over in January 2o21, some\u00a0estimates<\/a>\u00a0put the figure at several million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact\u00a0<\/em>licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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