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Destine is one of the Kentuckians camping outside Mitch's office right now. Listen to her describe her experience when she tried to talk to the State Director in Louisville today:
"He used eastern Kentuckians as pawns...coal has torn us apart. There are ppl across this state that are begging for the Reclaim Act, that we help ppl with black lung disease, that we transition to something new and sustainable."
Full video here: facebook.com/sunrisemvmt/vi…

Sign up to come to DC and support young Kentuckians who are going to confront #OilMoneyMitch on Monday in the halls of Congress: bit.ly/febescalation
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This is how @SenFeinstein reacted to children asking her to support the #GreenNewDeal resolution -- with smugness + disrespect.

This is a fight for our generation's survival. Her reaction is why young people desperately want new leadership in Congress.
Tell @SenFeinstein and all Senators to co-sponsor @AOC and @SenMarkey's #GreenNewDeal resolution.

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The Senator responded by asking for their ages, stating: “Well, you did not vote for me”.
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The mandate for @NancyPelosi’s Climate Select Committee is out, and it’s everything we feared.

❌No mandate to create a plan on the timeline mandated by top scientists
❌No language on economic & racial justice, or a just transition
✅Allows members to accept fossil fuel money
It even lacks even the power to issue subpoenas, a power that has been granted to other special committees.

The ONLY reason to do this is to protect the corporate CEOs who have unlawfully suppressed information about the dangers of climate change to protect their own profits.
Democratic leaders had an opportunity to embrace young peoples' energy and back the #GreenNewDeal.

But they failed us once again. This toothless committee does not get us meaningfully closer to solving the climate crisis or fixing our broken economy.
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.@USRepKCastor: you said you hope Select Committee members are "ready to take on corporate polluters and special interests."

Then why refuse to mandate that they sign the #NoFossilFuelMoney pledge?

Reps taking millions from oil and gas CEOs aren't gonna take on their donors.
Politicians being funded by fossil fuel CEOs cannot be trusted to make climate policy.

If you want the Select Committee to be taken seriously, everyone on it needs to sign the #NoFossilFuelMoney pledge.
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