Climate activist dies Supreme Court

A man from Boulder, Colorado, set himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court on Friday in an apparent Earth Day protest against climate change.

A mother bear and her 4 cubs hibernating under house A ‘purring’ sound came from the floorboards. Climate activist Wynn Bruce, 50, died after setting himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court in an apparent protest

'People are being driven to extreme amounts of climate grief and despair,' Buddhist priest says.

“His death was an act of generosity, self-sacrifice, giving his life so others might pay more attention to the degree of the threat to our climate, and what needs to be done. I don’t know his motive, but my take is that as activists, we have to be careful not to sacrifice ourselves for the cause.” If not now, when will we turn from death and destruction to choose life?” But what you did for the world took so much to do.” Danielle Gager wrote: “Thank you for the act of compassion you bravely did. To say something while experiencing this kind of pain is to say it with utmost courage, frankness, determination, and sincerity.” This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis. His final post from 28 March reads: “This is not humor. He was airlifted to hospital, where he died the following day. It is not even a protest,” Thich Nhat Hanh wrote. This is not a public safety issue,” Capitol Police tweeted. “This act is not suicide.

A woman who said Wynn Bruce was a 'friend' of hers called his death 'a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis'

This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis," she continued. "This act is not suicide. Kanko said in an interview with the Times that "people are being driven to extreme amounts of climate grief and despair" over environmental issues. A court spokesperson said in a statement to NBC News that no one else was injured in the incident, which unfolded around 6:30 p.m. ET. Bruce was reportedly airlifted to a hospital and died from his injuries, police said, per the Times and NBC News. A man is reportedly dead after setting himself on fire in protest on Earth Day, to bring awareness to the seriousness of climate change. Multiple outlets, including The New York Times, report that 50-year-old Wynn Bruce of Boulder, Colorado, died after the incident that unfolded in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C.

Authorities say that a Colorado man traveled to Washington, D.C., and set himself on fire near the U.S. Supreme Court -- possibly in an effort to bring ...

This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis. Police said Wynn Bruce was the man who lit himself on fire. She also said he'd probably been planning it for a long time.