“Drought, wildfires, heat waves, extreme storms, mudslides, rising sea levels, and much, much more. In terms of climate change, the debate is over,” declared Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at the climate movement’s state of the union on Wednesday. “The issue in front of us is not a scientific debate. It has everything to do political will.”
Urging listeners to “knock on doors” and “get involved in grassroots politics,” Sanders denounced climate change deniers and those who support using coal and natural gas, adding: “What we are about is telling Donald Trump and the Koch brothers and all of these people that their days are numbered. Fossil fuels’ days are numbered. We are going to transform our energy system.”
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While President Donald Trump, who delievered his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, failed to even mention “climate change”—as did the Democrat charged with responding to him, Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.)—environmental leaders came together a day later for an event called “Fossil Free Fast: The Climate Resistance.”
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