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March 15, 2019

Schoolchildren in Over 100 Countries Strike to Demand Climate Action
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Thousands of schoolchildren are leaving classrooms in over a hundred
countries around the world today, in a "school strike for climate"
demanding immediate, urgent action to curb global warming. In the U.S.,
students organized some 400 protests in all 50 states. This is
13-year-old activist Alexandria Villaseņor, who helped organize today's
walkouts in New York City.

Alexandria Villaseņor: "Civil disobedience is called for because there
hasn't been enough action in the climate conversation. World leaders
aren't enacting the right policies and laws that need to happen to keep
us below 1.5 degrees."



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