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Greta Mum as Climate Activist Proclaims 'World That is Melting'

posted onAugust 31, 2019
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Article snippet: “We cannot live in a world that is burning,” one young woman said, “that is melting.” “Climate change is already affecting millions of people,” another young woman claimed. “This could lead to mass extinction.” “We are not here to guilt individuals that forgot to recycle a cup last week,” another young woman said. “We are here to hold cowardice [sic] politicians accountable who have caused this damage by turning their heads in fear.” “Those 12 years left (to stop carbon emissions),” a young woman yelled. “Is now down to 10 years and five months.” One young woman said she wanted to acknowledge Hurricane Dorian, a storm that is still in the Atlantic Ocean and is not expected to make landfall somewhere in Florida until early next week. “It is ravaging the coast of Florida,” the girl said. “It is not a coincidence. It is a direct impact of the climate crisis.” The youths held signs that read “Greed Kills,” “Help My Home is on Fire,” and “527 Years of Indigenous Resistance” and chanted in between speeches phrases such as: “Stop Denying the Earth is Dying.” “What do we want?” “Climate Justice.” “When do we want it? Now.” “No more coal, no more oil, keep your carbon in the soil,” and “Waters are rising, people are dying.” A speaker said that the protest was not the goal of the movement by a “catalyst” for action, including a planned “global climate strike” on September 20, just three days ahead of a U.N. climate summit that is expected to draw leaders from around the wo... Link to the full article to read more

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