BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — The Idaho Statesman is reporting that Shiva Rajbhandari was arrested on Monday in New York City has part of a protest demanding that leaders keep the remaining fossil fuels in the ground.
Rajbhandari is on the Boise School Board and was elected while attending Boise High School. He is now a Freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Rajbhandari told the Statesman that;
Playing by the rules has not worked. Storms are raging stronger. Fires are hotter. Floods are more severe, heat waves more deadly, and nothing has changed. Our world leaders still refuse to phase out all fossil fuels, President Biden still refuses to call the climate crisis what it is - a climate emergency - and we are still spiraling toward massive, catastrophic global warming.
Rajbhandari's arrest took place during Climate Week in New York City, according to the Idaho Statesman. The Freshman activist was charged with blocking pedestrian traffic and failure to disperse after being commanded to. He spent a little over four hours in jail, says the Statesman.
Ella Weber, a Boise High School grad who managed Rajbhandari's 2022 school board race was also arrested. She is currently a senior at the University of Idaho in Moscow.
