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Read fine print when protesting scientists claim they're not motivated by politics?

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'It’s Not Political to Tell the Truth': Scientists Arrested Over Climate Protests
https://gizmodo.com/it-s-not-political-t...1848795165

INTRO: Soil scientist Rose Abramoff has long tried to be “apolitical,” she says, in her efforts to educate people about climate change: She’s supported efforts at non-profits and fact-checked materials for organizations, for example, alongside writing her own reports on the climate crisis. But not anymore.

“The paradigm is starting to shift for scientists,” she told Earther. “I was always taught to remain unbiased in order to maintain my credibility… but it’s not political to tell the truth. Serving the habitability of life on this planet is not and should not be a political issue. I can’t pretend that I don’t know what I know.”

So last week, she traveled by car from her home state of Tennessee to Washington, D.C., where she and several others chained themselves to the White House fence. She estimates she was there for about an hour before she was arrested.

Abramoff was one of about 1,000 scientists in 25 countries around the world who engaged in civil disobedience and one of over 100 confirmed arrests last week. The protests were organized by Scientist Rebellion, an international collective of science and academic activists that demand “emergency decarbonization” and wealth distribution from the top 1% of earners who have contributed—and—the most from our current fossil fuel-based energy system. A letter released by the group called current plans to lower emissions by governments worldwide “grossly inadequate.”

The protests coordinated with the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which warned of a jarring three-year deadline for the world to rapidly lower emissions if we want to limit global warming to only 1.5 degrees Celsius. The report highlighted that current oil and gas infrastructure is already enough to push us over that threshold.

Many of the protesting scientists wore white lab coats during the week of protests so that they could be easily identified in a crowd... (MORE - details)
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