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U.K. Labour Leader Corbyn to Call for National Emergency Vote on Climate Change

HeadlineApr 29, 2019

In Britain, Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn says he’ll force a parliamentary vote this week on whether to declare a national climate change emergency. Corbyn’s call for more urgent action on climate change comes after more than a thousand activists were arrested around London this month in a wave of nonviolent protests known as “Extinction Rebellion.”

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