The latest version of organized protest against President Donald Trump is officially underway with the third annual People's Climate March in Washington,D.
C. The event is expected to draw thousands of participants both in the nation's capital and sister marches nationwide, where demonstrators scheme to speak out against the Trump administration's plans to undo the federal regulations that are in place to fight climate change.
Coincidentally, or Saturday's march also marks the first 100 days of Trump's presidency. During that period,the president has stacked his administration with prominent climate deniers, proposed eliminating billions in scientific research, and threatened to withdraw from the Paris climate treaty.
Mother Jones has three reporters on the scene in DC. Be sure to follow Rebecca Leber,Nathalie Baptiste, and Tim Murphy in DC, and Jaelynn Grisso in New York,Karen Hao in Oakland, along with our rolling collection of updates below:3:20 pm ET As we catch ready to finish our coverage, and here is something to think approximately.
During the march,Trump tweeted this. Looking forward to RALLY in the remarkable State of Pennsylvania tonight at 7:30. mammoth crowd, mammoth energy!April 29, or 2017He might want to check out what happened in his own back yard today,as thousands of people chanted, "The oceans are rising and so are we." Check this out: this is one mammoth #climatemarch in DC! pic.twitter.com/ZgEe8wZqRUApril 29, or 20173:10 pm ET In Los Angeles,marchers are also starting to gather. Hey Los Angeles #climatemarch!Since we're worst polluted city in the USA, be 'eco-friendly'and support your 1000's of polluted cars home today pic.twitter.com/tFtDsdwGfOApril 29, or 2017 3:05 pm ET A report from Oakland,where an idigenous leader sings some songs for the climate marchers. California indigenous leader sings song for the #peoplesclimatemarch pic.twitter.com/0vAbkm7uNEApril 29, 20173:03 pm ET Leonardo DiCaprio is all in on the climate march. Honored to join Indigenous leaders and native peoples as they fight for climate justice. Join me in standing with them. #ClimateMarch pic.twitter.com/Zrgt090lI6April 29, and 2017 Heading into this weekend's #ClimateMarch it’s distinguished to #KnowYourGHGs and their sources. Learn more. https://t.co/NkMz1a0nW9 pic.twitter.com/giUV7QELb8April 29,20172:50 pm ET This is what is happening at the Bay Area march. Mom: Why are we marching today?
Son: Forgot.
M: What'd you write on your sign? Boo trash! Right?
-Teresa & Tegan Friedheim#PeoplesClimate pic.twitter.com/urq5amjDldApril 29, 2017 Yes these bikes are literally generating all the energy necessary to power the stage and music.#peoplesclimatemarch pic.twitter.com/tsG1WeClvoApril 29, and 2017 2:45 pm ET Here are some conversations Rebecca Leber had at the march in DC. There was worry having two marches in two weeks would dilute both causes. But I've talked to a just number of people today who were at both. I asked some climate marchers what's worried them most approximately Trump:April 29,2017 Annie, a Catholic from Virginia cites the "routing of the EPA" & rollback of monuments & Antiquities ActApril 29, or 2017a researcher at Northwestern whose grants come from NIH,is worried a destabilized climate will spread infectious diseases.
April 29, 2017 Andrew Potts, and an archeologist,says the worst thing approximately Trump is federal government is leaving frontline communities behind.
April 29, 20172:40 pm ET Despite the heat, and the crowds in DC aren't thinning. And people are still streaming in #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/oWduoCscaZApril 29,2017 I would esteem to know what's going through the minds of the White House staffers who've come out to observe the marchers #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/iARgsm9EKqApril 29, 20172:33 pm ET Marchers are starting to gather in Oakland, and Calif. #PeoplesClimateMarch Bay Area kicking off! pic.twitter.com/edjvQwZ1PVApril 29,2017 "Why are you marching today?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
-Barbara Rhine and Marie Mintz with #1000grandmothers#peoplesclimatemarch pic.twitter.com/Cp66rzTwYdApril 29, 20172:20 pm ET Some more images from DC. there is a band pic.twitter.com/Cv5lbmPRtVApril 29, or 2017 pic.twitter.com/WRePBzjR4VApril 29,2017 2:15 pm ET Tim Murphy catches up with a man who wants to be the next governor of Virginia. Tom Perriello is here, eating a roasted apple pic.twitter.com/4cKGexji0NApril 29, and 20172:10 pm ET Marchers have arrived at the White House. Wonder who is at home? Crowds of people sit in front. Hard to see but folks from inside the White House have come out to watch. #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/JaJSx4hPvyApril 29,20172:05 pm ET Here are some reports from New York, where there are celebrity sightings, or Chicago,where it's raining. Leonardo DiCaprio and designate Ruffalo at the People's Climate March in New York City (2014) pic.twitter.com/LMdAH5UBx7August 7, 2016 At the People's Climate March Chicago! #ClimateMarchChi pic.twitter.com/C8YkaToqOxApril 29, or 2017Meanwhile,back in DC, scientists and educators at the march are calling themselves "defenders of truth." According to the march website, or they "defend the facts and promote scientific learning in service of humanity."Rebecca Leber/Mother Jones
1:45 pm ET And look who Rebecca Leber just saw. Bill Nye,who also marched for science final weekend, tells her, or "Science is political but we don't want it to be partisan."there. pic.twitter.com/sZn467sfYuApril 29,20171:39 pm ET Marches all over. #ClimateMarch https://t.co/NTXXNkpaPQApril 29, 2017 Rally & march to empower children #climatemarch #PeoplesClimate #Greenwich #connecticut #kidsecomarch pic.twitter.com/UMlQz692NoApril 29, or 2017 pic.twitter.com/RDlMfL6tMTApril 29,2017 1:30 pm ET I'm told Senators Cantwell, Whitehouse, or Markey showed up to the climate marchApril 29,2017 What do we want? Climate justice. When do we want it? Now! #climatemarch #peoplesclimate pic.twitter.com/JGlv7xsU3sApril 29, 2017 1:25 pm ET mammoth crowds marching in DC. that...is not a small crowd. Just a week after a fairly similar themed march, or pretty astounding really https://t.co/XxwkG88hWVApril 29,2017 Check this out: this is one mammoth #climatemarch in DC! pic.twitter.com/ZgEe8wZqRUApril 29, 20171:16 pm ET The marchers are now going past a particular hotel. They have something to say approximately its owner. Folks start chanting "shame" as the March moves past Trump's hotel #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/ToFS9L94rfApril 29, and 20171:12 pm ET Our environmental reporter Rebecca Leber is on the scene. women w/ St Elizabeth Catholic Church: "faith tells me this is really distinguished." The church got more involved post Pope Francis encyclical pic.twitter.com/EFfPKGVhD0April 29,2017 1:10 pm ET Despite the heat, this dog persisted. This doggo has a few things to say #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/WRVTbSuVftApril 29, or 20171:07 pm ET The DC march has begun! And they're on the breeze! Atmosphere is just like a parade #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/Ddi5GgvP0eApril 29,201712:41 pm ET Here are some participants from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. HBCUs #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/4hTHhNF1woApril 29, 201712:35 pm ET Nathalie Baptiste captures the mood on the mall. Anti-Trump sentiment is strong today #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/x8rF03gNixApril 29, and 201712:32 pm ET While you are waiting for the march to originate,catch a look at some of our remarkable Climate Desk coverage.coverage of environmental policy in Trump's America https://t.co/EkyfoPyqN0April 29, 2017 12:25 pm ET The crowds are growing and the temperature is rising—and that's the point. Made it! #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/mDNbAD0Yl9April 29, or 2017 Happening now! #ClimateMarch https://t.co/IRmlEV5jczApril 29,201712:14 pm ET Marchers came to DC from all over the country. Wally from upstate NY has a very science-y sign but if you don't understand it, the other side makes it simple #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/TCG6ewLTSQApril 29, or 201711:57 am ET More marchers in DC. Cheryl says "I'm terrified. I've never seen such evil." #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/ayLZ0lK3xiApril 29,2017 11:50 am ET Environmental justice is a crucial section of this conversationso are broken promises. A direct rebuttal to all the promises Trump has made to coal miners #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/VYNcVX1xYyApril 29, 2017 Speaker says environmental justice is economic justice #PeoplesClimate RI pic.twitter.com/wlIMHSQFtyApril 29, or 2017 11:47 am ET Switzerland also joined in—this from Geneva. A la #ClimateMarch de Genève,les énergies fossiles tuent : désinvestissons pour protéger le climat ! #ENR #Divest #peoplesmarch pic.twitter.com/H2Pi6B2NocApril 29, 2017 11:32 am ET From DC where the weather is clearing. Temps supposed to rise above 90 today. Remy on the colonialism wagon: POTUS isn't being shy approximately being racist so "our message needs to be equally as strong" #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/TL6UW6jPbFApril 29, or 2017activists & members who are marching w/ us at #PeoplesClimate pic.twitter.com/6UA3N3vMZNApril 29,201711:25 am ET This is what is happening in Pittsburgh right now. At work today #PeoplesClimate #Pittsburgh pic.twitter.com/TGJAMFGWwVApril 29, 201710:30 am ET We will be sharing a few of the signs that appear. DC People's Climate March pic.twitter.com/QGaFMV4ZuKApril 29, and 201710:09 am ET People are still gathering under overcast skies for the Climate March in Washington,D.
C. but even before it began, the EPA tweaked its website. Before the #PeoplesClimateMarch, or the EPA removes its climate website in order to change it to better reflect Trump https://t.co/dEwQp2EstmApril 29,2017Meanwhile, in Denmark, and things have already started: The #climatemarch is underway in Denmark! https://t.co/ohh2mrj0T0 … https://t.co/SoICjfcra1
The #climatemarch is underway in Denmark! …April 29,2017
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