FEBRUARY 27, 2014 BY ROCKY KISTNER
As the Arctic melts, oceans acidify, storms intensify, and crops wither in drought-stricken areas of the globe, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the dire consequences of climate change. Faced with the onslaught of polluter cash that lines the pockets of politicians and smears the findings of climate scientists, who can we turn to push us in the right direction? How will we move toward a clean energy economy—and away from the dirty mix of fossil fuels driving us off the climate cliff?
The youth of the world may be our salvation, or at least a big part of the solution. That’s what dozens of students, environmental activists, and labor leaders discussed at the Youth Climate Caucus recently in Washington, part of the Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference sponsored by the BlueGreen Alliance, NRDC, and a host of other labor, business, and environmental organizations.
