NASA Scientist Arrested Protesting at Chase Bank for Climate Action - Earth Rebirth

A NASA scientist and three others were arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday after chaining themselves to the doors of a Chase Bank office building.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has invested more money in fossil fuels than any other bank, according to a 2020 report from the Sierra Club and other climate advocacy organizations. In addition to calling for immediate action to address the climate crisis, the protestors on Wednesday were calling for the company to divest from coal, oil, and gas.

Peter Kalmus, who studies biological systems and climate change at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, spoke to a crowd that assembled shortly after another protestor helped Kalmus chain himself to the handle of the bank's glass door.

"We've been trying to warn you guys for so many decades that we're heading towards a fucking catastrophe, and we've been being ignored. The scientists of the world are being ignored, and it's got to stop. We're not joking. We're not lying. We're not exaggerating."

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Peter Kalmus speaks onstage at an event in Hollywood, California, on January 13, 2019. Joe Scarnici/Getty Images
Alongside Kalmus, chained to the bank's doors, were physicist Greg Spooner, science educator Allan Chornack, and engineer Eric Gill.

Nearly four hours later, more than two dozen police officers blocked off the road, removed the four protestors, and carried them away in a van. #sustainability #greennewdeal #climatechange #climateaction #climatechangeisreal #banfossilfuels #earthrebirth #climatesolutions #climatesolution #dreambigactbigger

[propane]

Its hard for a man of science has been researching for a long time just be ignored.

[mogeb]

Looks like Leo in that movie don't look up 😭😂

[graytfulwon]

Why did the arresting cop have the same symbol as the scientist chained to the bank?

[TrapstarWock]

What catastrophe is he specifically talking about?

[RayMak]

Please listen to him. He knows his stuffs

[shinrafugitives]

I dunno this guy gives off some unhinged vibes. I'm pretty sure there are more significant places to chain yourself to than a chase bank that's not even a corporate location. He could have chained himself to a Nike corporate building and protested their working with a country that heavily contributes to CO2 emissions or something like that.

[SeanRassavong]

Peter Kalmus, look him up, Harvard and Columbia University PHD. And of course scientists at NASA

[gregsmitz]

Can't do anything about it anyways, we already crossed that threshold according to Gore. The US has did a great job regulating carbon but we can't control what India and China does. The are producing huge amounts of Greenhouse gases and coal

[dntcrwtuthnk]

Sorry but that seemed like the worst acting ever more fake news

[EmilioHernandez]

Powerfull lesson in how even scientists can become mentally ill

[Binzer]

NASA & CDC staff are both having a melt down (excuse the pun) …why CDC?