Posted on Dec 16, 2023
How young people are navigating climate change
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If left unchecked, climate change will lead to disastrous consequences. We’re already seeing it happen: wildfires turning skies across the country orange, summer temperatures reaching record highs and a megadrought in the West. Young people are among the most concerned about climate change as they're the ones primed to inherit the world.
High school students Leanne Nasser, a senior at Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan, and Emma Weber, a junior at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado, are two of those young people taking notice. They say their plans for the future and current reality have been impacted by climate change.
“There's so much anger and sadness with the younger generation that we've kind of just been given this huge burden that generations before us caused,” Weber says.
Interview Highlights
On how climate change is showing up in their own lives
Leanne Nasser: “The impact of the Ford Rouge factory and the Marathon oil refinery in our area, it's led to very toxic air. I think it's estimated like 650 Detroiters every year die out of the consequences of pollution in that area.
High school students Leanne Nasser, a senior at Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan, and Emma Weber, a junior at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado, are two of those young people taking notice. They say their plans for the future and current reality have been impacted by climate change.
“There's so much anger and sadness with the younger generation that we've kind of just been given this huge burden that generations before us caused,” Weber says.
Interview Highlights
On how climate change is showing up in their own lives
Leanne Nasser: “The impact of the Ford Rouge factory and the Marathon oil refinery in our area, it's led to very toxic air. I think it's estimated like 650 Detroiters every year die out of the consequences of pollution in that area.
How young people are navigating climate change
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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