Seattle City Council passes resolution urging schools to support student climate walkouts
The glacial indifference toward climate change, displayed for 30 years by America's TV networks and news media, is fast melting.
NBC News has launched a week-long "Climate Crisis" project, with Today Show weatherman Al Roker witnessing the retreat of Greenland Glaciers. The Seattle Times, fresh off opposing the carbon initiative on last year's ballot, has joined a "Covering Climate Now" project.
The public is at last tuning in. CBS News posted a poll on Sunday, showing 56% of Americans want the climate crisis addressed "Right Now." Sixty-four percent believe that climate is a "crisis" or "serious problem."
The Seattle City Council responded Monday in classic fashion with symbolic action. It voted unanimously to create a new oversight committee. And it passed a non-binding resolution saying students should be allowed to skip school to join the "Climate Walkout."
The Council's resolution "urges Seattle Public Schools to support its students' right to assemble and participate in the Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20, 2019."
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