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mercuryblues

(14,530 posts)
3. go to the forum you want to post in
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 11:22 AM
Jan 2020

click on new discussion. You can C&P the first few paragraphs from the article, then link to the rest.

For example

In the title box. paste the headline

In the text box paste the part of the story you want to post. When that is done I like to hightlight the article I C&P and click on exerpt, right above the text box. It helps to separate the article from your personal comments.

The Most Important Environmental Stories of 2019



1. #ClimateStrike

The spectacle was truly world-historical: On Friday, September 20, protests swept the planet as millions of people filled the streets to demand that global leaders take bold action to address the climate crisis. The turnout far exceeded organizers’ expectations. In Germany alone, some 1.4 million people marched to call for climate action, while another 300,000 people packed the avenues of Australia and a quarter million jammed Lower Manhattan. A week later, similarly massive protests rocked Italy, Canada, and New Zealand. Altogether, at least 7 million people worldwide participated in the climate strikes, according to 350.org.
The scale and scope of the climate strikes—and, above all, their militant tone—marked an important turning point for global climate advocacy. There is now, unmistakably, an international civil society movement demanding that corporate and political leaders adopt policies and practices that are aligned with the increasingly dire warnings coming from scientists. As the climate strikers made clear, lofty promises and incremental progress are no longer sufficient to halt rising temperatures and increasingly acidic oceans; only a sweeping, global campaign to cut civilization’s reliance on fossil fuels will do. The youth-led and youth-inspired climate strikes also revealed how young people are increasingly spearheading the climate movement; for them, the climate crisis isn’t some kind of far-off threat but rather a clear and present danger.
The generational divide between millennials and Generation Zers (who have inherited this crisis) and Baby Boomers and Gen Xers (who have recklessly fueled the problem or blithely ignored it) will likely form the central pivot of climate politics for years to come. As one 13-year-old climate striker told The Washington Post, “I am here because we want adults to act. It is time to do something.”

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/most-important-environmental-stories-2019


Their is a preview button on the bottom left of the text box so you can see how your post will look before posting. If you like it hit the post button. And there is always an edit button after posting.
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