A group of teens went to Washington to urge Congress to take decisive climate action. One member of Congress asked, “Why should we listen to the science?”
Photo: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP/Getty Images On Wednesday, a group of well-read, thoughtful climate activists spoke to a petulant, self-centered, and ill-informed audience. The former was a group of teens; the latter were elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Thunberg said during her opening statement, according to CNN reporter Bill Weir, presenting the members of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee with a copy of the 2018 global warming report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “I would stop dumping trash into the ocean and tell the other countries to stop dumping their trash, too,” Thunberg replied.
The teens weren’t letting lawmakers get away with empty flattery either. On Tuesday, Thunberg met with members of the Democratic leadership in Washington. “We need your leadership. Young people are the army,” said Massachusetts senator Ed Markey, a co-author of the Green New Deal. “You put a spotlight on this issue in a way there has never been before.”
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