"Some young climate activists who were galvanized under Donald Trump’s first presidency are taking a different approach to his second."
"The youth climate movement that formed under the first Trump presidency is gearing up for his second.
Activists in groups like the Sunrise Movement, Zero Hour and Fridays for Future have pushed for the Biden administration to step up climate action before its exit next month: They want land protected as national monuments, permits denied for liquid natural gas projects, funds allocated from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Dakota Access Pipeline shut down for good.
After the inauguration, they’ll retrench. They might ease off the mass marches and school strikes that built their platform, while refining new strategies like focusing on state politics, reducing the use of fossil fuels at a local level, and re-energizing the country to elect climate-conscious leaders."
Austyn Gaffney reports for the New York Times December 10, 2024.
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