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Apr 14, 2024 · Climate Defiance Executive Director Michael Greenberg put this power on full display at the event, as he gave supporters an excruciatingly hard sell, for what felt like an eternity, asking...
Dec 4, 2023 · Yale Climate Connections: Who is Climate Defiance? Michael Greenberg: We’re a brand-new group dedicated to using disruptive direct action to resist fossil fuels. We deeply believe in the power of disruptive action to shift the Overton window and make people in power feel the heat.
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Climate Defiance was founded in early 2023 by activists Michael Greenberg and Rylee Haught shortly after the Biden administration approved certain new oil drilling projects. 4 The group leverages disruptive tactics to protest oil and gas drilling and end leasing for drilling on public lands. They choose events that will have high media attendance t...
Climate Defiance’s first protest took place on April 29, 2023, six days after the Alaska Willow Project, the largest oil drilling project on public land, was approved by the Biden White House. Protestors created a blockade to prevent elected officials from attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton, hoping to see Pres...
A major part of Climate Defiance’s funding comes from Climate Emergency Fund (CEF), a nonprofit organization that channels money to groups engaged in climate activism. CEF also funds Sunrise Movement, Extinction Rebellion, New York Communities for Change (NYCC), and Just Stop Oil. 22 Donors to Climate Emergency Fund include former Secretary of Stat...
Co-founder Michael Greenberg graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor’s degree. He has held several jobs in activist organizations, including an internship with Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN), a fellowship with 350.org, an internship with Food and Water Watch, and a position as regional organizing director with NextGen America. ...
Feb 11, 2024 · “You’re burning my future,” Climate Defiance co-founder Michael Greenberg said to a country club attendant. “Oh god, get the fuck over it,” the attendant responded.
Dec 1, 2023 · The founder of Climate Defiance, Michael Greenberg, gesturing with his left hand for a government vehicle to stop outside the Washington Hilton Hotel, site of the White House...
Oct 30, 2023 · The eclectic mix of mingling Washington insiders and outsiders was the work of Michael Greenberg, the founder of Climate Defiance. Greenberg and his allies stormed onto the scene earlier...
