Around the world, climate protesters sharpen their message

Somini SenguptaReporting on climate change

The global climate protests of recent days, widely described as “The March to End Fossil Fuels,” had a specific goal. p>

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Lalitpur, Nepal, Saturday.

Protesters around the world carried signs conveying a coordinated message: Stop new oil, gas and coal projects. But governments continued to authorize new drilling, citing a variety of reasons.

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Alaska's North Slope.< /figure>< p class="css-131ft9l">Earlier this year, the Biden administration approved an Alaska oil project known as Willow, noting that ConocoPhillips held a lease on the land and had the legal right to drill.

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London Saturday.

Noa Greene -Houvras, a young activist based in New York City, said: "I think a lot of the thought process behind the name was like, 'What's the first step to creating the world we want to create?' » »

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