Teen Climate Activists Make Congress Look Like Incompetent Children

“I don’t want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to science, and then act.”

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Sep 20, 2019 · 3 min read
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Founder of Fridays For Future, Greta Thunberg, co-founder of This Is Zero Hour, and plaintiff in Piper v. State of Washington Jamie Margolin, and fellow for the Alliance for Climate Education, and plaintiff in Juliana v. United States Vic Barrett, testify during a hearing September 18, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images

By Madeleine Aggeler

On Wednesday, a group of well-read, thoughtful climate activists spoke to a petulant, self-centered, and ill-informed audience. The former was a group of teens; the…

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