HASKELL WAS THERE ANDRE.
REPORTER: 16-YEAR-OLD CLIMATE
ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG JOINS
ROUGHLY ONE THOUSAND PROTESTERS
WALKING FROM LOS ANGELES CITY
HALL TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S
DOWNTOWN OFFICE, DEMANDING THE
GOVERNOR PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUEL
PRODUCTION IN CALIFORNI3
SINGER BILLIE EILISH MARCHED AS
WELL.
>> PEOPLE ARE ALREADY SUFFERING
AND DYING FROM THE CLIMATE AND
ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY AND IT WILL
CONTINUE TO GET WORSE. 
DOESN'T THIS MEAN ANYTHING TO
THE DECISION-MAKERS?
I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW THEY
CAN PUT SHORT TERM INTEREST
ABOVE HUMAN LIVES.
REPORTER: EVEN THOUGH CALIFORNIA
HAS LEAD THE WAY ON MANY CLIMATE
CHANGE POLICIES, IT REMAINS ONE
OF THE LARGES OIL-PRODUCING
STATES IN THE COUNTRY. 
YOUTH CLIMATE ACTIVISTS FROM
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOLD STORIES
ABOUT LIVING IN LA EXPOSED TO
-- INLAY -- IN AND LAY -- IN L.A
| EXPOSED TO HARMFUL TOXINS. 
THE RECENT WILDFIRALSO
HIGHLIGHTED AND THUNBERG TALK
ABOUT A TRIP THIS WEEK TO
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA.
>> WE CAN SEE THE WILDFIRES
HAPPENING JUST AROUND THE
CORNER.
WILDFIRES THAT ARE BEING
 IS.
REPORTER: THUNBERG GAINED
NOTORIETY BY SAILING TO THE U.S.
IN A ZERO EMISSIONS SAILBOAT FOR
THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 
AT THE U.N., THUNBERG CALLED OUT
WORLD LEADERS INCLUDING
PRERUMP FOR INACTION ON
CLIMATE CHANGE. 
12-YEAR-OLD ELIANA ANDREA
 TE STRIKE.
>> IT'S MY FUTURE AND IT'S
SOMETHING I REALLY CARE ABOUT
AND IF I'M NOT HERE TO SEE IT,
THEN WHY AM I EVEN EXISTING ON
THIS PLANET IF IT'S NOT GOING TO
EXIST ANYMORE WHEN I'M AN ADULT.
REPORTER: MANY OF THOS
