Above and below Climate summit protest, Climate Profiteers, by Joe Kukura, SF Weekly.
Demonstrators block the entrance of the Global Climate Action Summit, claiming the conference is all talk and no action.
Political leaders and delegates attending Gov. Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit had a difficult time getting in to the conference Thursday morning. That’s because several hundred protesters successfully blockaded the summit’s main Moscone Center entrance, decrying what they call “Jerry Brown’s hypocrisy on climate change.” While conference attendees could still use other Moscone Center entrances, the demonstration did block the main Howard and Third Street entrance to the event.
Protesters stop AM traffic at Third btwn Howard and Folsom. Drivers incensed. pic.twitter.com/79UKZfcN7x
— Brock Keeling (@BrockKeeling) September 13, 2018
“We have shut this summit down from the outside,” demonstrator Dallas Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network told the crowd. The blockade was the culmination of a march that started at 7 a.m. Thursday morning, and blocked rush hour traffic in the South of Market area.
Hundreds of people are outside @JerryBrownGov’s #GCAS2018 demanding he live up to his word – stop approving new oil and gas drilling and announce a plan to transition CA off fossil fuels completely! This is #BrownsLastChance to safeguard our future. #CommunitiesNotCorporations pic.twitter.com/bNqWhvgs4T
— Morissa Zuckerman ?? (@mozuckerman) September 13, 2018
“Gov. Brown’s administration has issued more than 20,000 permits for oil and gas drilling in California,” protest organizers said in a release. “Gov. Brown’s promotion of continued fossil fuel production, carbon trading markets and other incentives to oil, gas and other polluting corporations, perpetuates climate change.”
It’s fair to note that some of the sponsors of the summit could be considered “polluting corporations.” Above we see an ad that McDonald’s promoted on Facebook, and yes, McDonald’s ‘Scale for Good’ campaign is a Global Climate Action Summit sponsor. Other summit sponsors include Amazon, Wells Fargo, United Airlines, and Bank of the West.