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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Dharna Noor and Aliya Uteuova in New York

Tens of thousands in NYC march against fossil fuels as AOC hails powerful message

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at the rally at the finish of the march to end fossil fuels in New York on 17  September 2023.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at the rally at the finish of the march to end fossil fuels in New York on Sunday. Photograph: Bryan Woolston/AP

Tens of thousands of climate activists took to the streets of New York City on Sunday in a “march to end fossil fuels”, with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez telling the crowd that the movement must become “too big and too radical to ignore”.

To cheers from the crowd, the progressive Democrat criticized the US continuing to approve fossil fuel projects, something which the Biden administration did earlier this year with the controversial Willow project in Alaska.

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