3 Stories You Should Read 9/20/2019: Climate Strike, Colt, Saudi Arabia
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In the category of: Global goals
From Sydney To San Francisco, Millions Are Striking For Global Climate Action
The day of protest precedes the United Nations summit on how to rein in the worst effects of climate change.
Friday’s event is the second mass climate protest this year. In March, more than 1.4 million young people around the world were inspired in large part by 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg, who staged a solo protest in her native Sweden. On Friday, she will join the front lines of the protest in New York alongside many other young leaders of the environmental movement.
Thunberg has become one of the most well-known faces of the youth climate movement, and in recent weeks has appeared in front of Congress, spoken with former President Barack Obama and has plans to speak before the United Nations next week.
In the category of: Didn’t see that coming
Good Riddance: Colt Pulls the Plug on Producing AR-15s in the Consumer Market
Colt, the manufacturer of the AR-15 rifle, has announced it’s exiting the consumer rifle market as demand for high-powered, semi-automatic guns wanes.
The consumer market for rifles has “experienced significant excess manufacturing capacity” and there’s too much supply of AR-15 guns on the market to justify making more, the company said in a statement. Colt will still manufacture other consumer guns, including pistols and revolvers, and it will continue to expand its network of dealers.
In the category of: Good time for a climate machine
Saudi oil facility attacks: Race on to restore supplies
A week on, it’s still not known who launched the attack on two Saudi oil facilities and from which direction, but the damage is plain to see. Saudi Arabia and the US blame Iran for what appears to have been an attack by 18 drones and seven cruise missiles. Iran denies any involvement but Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have claimed the attack.
What is clear is that the damage caused is significant. Oil prices saw their biggest jump in 30 years on Monday, rising by nearly 15%. Despite this, Saudi Arabia says oil production will resume as normal by the end of September.
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