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At a meeting of the Senate climate crisis task force on Tuesday, lawmakers praised a group of young activists for their leadership, their gumption and their display of wisdom far beyond their years. They then asked the teens for advice on how Congress might combat one of the most urgent and politically contentious threats confronting world leaders: climate change.
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish activist who has galvanized young people across the world to strike for more action to combat the impact of global warming, politely reminded them that she was a student, not a scientist or a senator.
Please save your praise. We dont want it, she said. Dont invite us here to just tell us how inspiring we are without actually doing anything about it because it doesnt lead to anything.
If you want advice for what you should do, invite scientists, ask scientists for their expertise. We dont want to be heard. We want the science to be heard.
In remarks meant for Congress as a whole, she said: I know you are trying but just not hard enough. Sorry.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/17/greta-thunberg-to-congress-youre-not-trying-hard-enough-sorry
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(51,590 posts)is leadership. (Something sorely lacking in our Senate right now.)