Grabien’s Tom Elliott writes:
Students around the world skipped school Friday ostensibly in protest of what they say is insufficient government control of the climate. In many cities, school administrators offered their support for this mass act of truancy...
Coinciding with the “Climate Strike” was an MSNBC forum with 2020 presidential candidates hosted at Georgetown University. At this event, college students quizzed these political aspirants on environmental topics. Many of these students likewise said they suffer debilitating fear over world weather patterns.
Virtually every student who spoke at these events said they believed humanity would soon become extinct outside some massive government intervention...
A student at the MSNBC forum said she suffers “visceral anxiety every day” over the climate.
“My name is Lucy Chatfield, I’m a sophomore studying environmental biology,” the student said to Sen. Cory Booker. “I’m 19 years old and like so many people my age, I feel really visceral anxiety about climate change every day. And today, as we speak, millions of young people all around the world are taking to the streets and going on strike to demand climate action because we feel this incredible urgency. If we’re going to have a livable future, we need a Green New Deal and we need it as soon as possible.”