Top scientists widely agree 
that we are running out of time.
October of 2018: 
young climate activists
were telling me about this crazy idea that they had
to sit in on the speaker's office
I was like, "well...
I don't know why the heck Nancy Pelosi would listen to you."
This is a fight for our fucking lives.
They call themselves the Sunrise Movement.
Democratic leadership, we are asking you to grow up!
Activists, joined by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
supporting what they're calling a "Green New Deal".
The idea is to transform the economy
in the name of fighting climate change.
Getting off of fossil fuels, that's a huge transformation.
A re-ignition of the American engine of prosperity,
to create millions of new jobs
to manufacture the infrastructure of the future.
Critics call it "radical".
Radical, extreme Green New Deal  
...this extreme agenda  
We've heard so much:
"You're young,
you're naive,
you're too radical,
you're impractical,
the only radical thing 
would be to do nothing.
This is our last shot 
at preserving the planet.
If you go past certain tipping points,
then there's no going back.
We've brought
the fate of the planet into doubt
in the space of a single generation,
and we have about that much time
to save it.
But the good thing 
is that the average,
everyday person,
has never been more powerful
in human history.
There are too many damn lives
to be saved, to give up now!
I think there's something extraordinary
going on globally with young people.
Young people are finding their fire.
The eyes of all future generations
are upon you.
We have an army out there...
Dozens of top Democrats
are now singing their song.  
Go to your politician and  
demand the world that you want.  
Go on strike for your wildest dreams  
They're afraid of us.   
The very future of human civilization  
as we know it is on the line.  
What wouldn't you do, to protect that?  
Hey! It's Sam Eilertsen.
I'm the director of Generation Green New Deal.   
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