'Kids are taking the streets': climate activists plan avalanche of events as 2020 election looms - News Summed Up

'Kids are taking the streets': climate activists plan avalanche of events as 2020 election looms


Organizers in the youth climate movement plan an avalanche of activities beginning next week, determined to make the future of the climate the major issue of the 2020 election. They’re planning widespread voter activation in the 2020 US presidential election as well as direct action targeting the fossil fuel industry and the banks and politicians that enable it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A scene from Long Beach, California, during the global climate strikes in September 2019. She’s a leader for the Ann Arbor hub of the Sunrise Movement. “What we’re really expecting to see in 2020 is Young Green New Deal voters really become the margin of victory for whoever becomes the Democratic nominee.”


Source: The Guardian January 25, 2020 10:52 UTC



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