The people making a difference: the climate activist fighting fossil fuel giants
Life and style | The Guardian
Nick Hodgkinson gave up his job when his health worsened, and began campaigning to halt climate change. Now it is his turn to be treated
Nick Hodgkinson has a dark sense of humour, which comes in useful during his climate change activism.
Take the time the 59-year-old was protesting with Extinction Rebellion outside the Houses of Parliament. Hodgkinson, a retired charity worker, has motor neurone disease (MND). He uses a heavy, motorised wheelchair and has a tracheostomy tube in his neck that connects to a ventilator, meaning he communicates mainly through typing on his phone.
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