---
title: "NYC’s Climate March"
date: "2019-09-21T01:19:39.000Z"
tags:
  - "activism"
  - "climatechange"
  - "protest"
canonical: "https://ejfox.com/blog/2019/climate-strike-nyc"
---

# NYC’s Climate March

![News cameras cover the front of the march as volunteers in vests clear the way](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366291/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-398.jpg "News cameras cover the front of the march as volunteers in vests clear the way")

News cameras cover the front of the march as volunteers in vests clear the way

![“Cool kids saving a hot planet”](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366306/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-704.jpg "“Cool kids saving a hot planet”")

“Cool kids saving a hot planet”

![“Wake up!” – Cops mill around as the march pauses for a moment](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366318/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-742.jpg "“Wake up!” – Cops mill around as the march pauses for a moment")

“Wake up!” – Cops mill around as the march pauses for a moment

![“Exxon guilty for murder” – Concerned young faces shaded by protest signs held aloft](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366338/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-821.jpg "“Exxon guilty for murder” – Concerned young faces shaded by protest signs held aloft")

“Exxon guilty for murder” – Concerned young faces shaded by protest signs held aloft

![“Global climate strike” “We will not be silent” “Youth rise up” “Later is too late” – a noisy contingent of the climate march chants as they wave their plentiful signs](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366338/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-812.jpg "“Global climate strike” “We will not be silent” “Youth rise up” “Later is too late” – a noisy contingent of the climate march chants as they wave their plentiful signs")

“Global climate strike” “We will not be silent” “Youth rise up” “Later is too late” – a noisy contingent of the climate march chants as they wave their plentiful signs

![“There is no planet B”](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366347/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-843.jpg "“There is no planet B”")

“There is no planet B”

![A pair of young protesters leads the crowd in a chant before the police can come to shoo them off the garbage cans](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366379/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-1091.jpg "A pair of young protesters leads the crowd in a chant before the police can come to shoo them off the garbage cans")

A pair of young protesters leads the crowd in a chant before the police can come to shoo them off the garbage cans

![“The planet isn’t dying it’s being killed”](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366413/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-1237.jpg "“The planet isn’t dying it’s being killed”")

“The planet isn’t dying it’s being killed”

![“You’ve made middle schoolers angry / You’ve crossed the line”](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366423/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-1253.jpg "“You’ve made middle schoolers angry / You’ve crossed the line”")

“You’ve made middle schoolers angry / You’ve crossed the line”

![Three young women lead a contingent of scientists in the climate march](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366486/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-1401.jpg "Three young women lead a contingent of scientists in the climate march")

Three young women lead a contingent of scientists in the climate march

![People and signs filled the New York streets on a hot September day](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366511/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-1499.jpg "People and signs filled the New York streets on a hot September day")

People and signs filled the New York streets on a hot September day

![“Green new deal”](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366511/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-1484.jpg "“Green new deal”")

“Green new deal”

![New York’s Climate Strike March passes by as the Freedom Tower shines in the background](https://res.cloudinary.com/ejf/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_1280/v1569366513/20190920-climate-strike-march_20190920-1435.jpg "New York’s Climate Strike March passes by as the Freedom Tower shines in the background")

New York’s Climate Strike March passes by as the Freedom Tower shines in the background