OURSELVES IF WE CAN'T GROW FOOD.
AND IF THE AIR ISN'T HEALTHY AND
THE WATER ISN'T HEALTHY!
Glen: HERE AT HOME, HUNDREDS
OF LOCAL YOUTH JOINING THE
GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE.
THEY BEGAN RALLYING AT THE SALT
LAKE CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING
BEFORE MARCHING UP TO UTAH'S
CAPITOL HILL.
ABC 4'S ROSIE NGUYEN WAS THERE,
AND HAS MORE ON THEIR MESSAGE TO
LAWMAKERS.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT A LIE!
Rosie: THEY MAY BE YOUNG,
BUT THE DEMONSTRATORS AT
FRIDAY'S GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE,
SAY THEIR FUTURE IS AT STAKE.
IT'S REALLY INFUR ATEING.
IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE NOT HEARD
AND OUR FUTURES DON'T MATTER.
Rosie: HUNDREDS OF
PARTICIPANTS CHOSE TO LEAVE
SCHOOL AND WORK TODAY.
ALL TO UNITE THEIR VOICES IN
ASKING LAWMAKERS TO END THE AGE
OF FOSSIL FUELS.
WE NEED TO ACT FAST!
AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE --
NOT AS CHILDREN, BUT AS PEOPLE,
HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS AND
YEARS AND YEARS, WE MUST DO
SOMETHING NOW.
WE MUST ACT NOW.
OTHERWISE, IT WILL BE TOO LATE.
Rosie: SHE SAYS THEY'RE
TIRED OF THE LACK OF URGENCY.
AND SAYS WE HAVE ONLY TEN YEARS
TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS TO
STOP A CLIMATE CATASTROPHE.
NO MORE OIL!
Rosie: AN ISSUE THAT WILL
IMPACT EVERYONE.
IT DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE.
IT DOESN'T CARE HOW YOU LOOK,
HOW MANY FRIENDS YOU HAVE, HOW
POPULAR YOU ARE, WHAT GRADES YOU
GET.
Rosie: SOME OF THE YOUTHS
PARTICIPATING SAY THEY'RE TOO
YOUNG TO VOTE SO THEY CHOSE TO
RALLY ABOUT A CAUSE THEY'RE
PASSIONATE ABOUT, BECAUSE IT'S
THE ONLY WAY TO GET THEIR VOICES
HEARD.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE,
LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE GOING
TO BE DEAD BY THE TIME IT
ACTUALLY IMPACTS US.
WE'RING THE ONES THAT ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO SUFFER AND OUR KIDS
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SUFFER.
Rosie: REPORTING IN SALT
LAKE CITY...
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Rosie: ROSIE NGUYEN, ABC 4
NEWS.
Glen: ORGANIZERS SAY THERE
