Overview
- Extinction Rebellion’s New York chapter reports at least seven activists have received FBI visits since the start of Trump’s second term.
- The group says two Joint Terrorism Task Force agents questioned a former XR NYC member at their residence on February 6.
- The FBI says it can neither confirm nor deny any investigation, citing Justice Department policy.
- Al Jazeera reports the Justice Department opened an investigation this month into the climate group Climate Defiance after a widely viewed protest.
- Rights advocates cite free-speech concerns as environmental and health groups sue over the EPA’s repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding.