OPINION: Liberal activists have to think broadly and unite across lines

Fifty years before Greta Thunberg inspired youth across the globe to demand immediate action on climate change, students at the University of Michigan formed Environmental Action for Survival (ENACT) and organized a massive four-day Teach-In on the Environment from March 11-14, 1970. These campus activists popularized the slogan “Give Earth a Chance” and held more than 125 rallies, symposia, workshops and protests on the campus and in the surrounding Ann Arbor community. The ENACT Teach-In successfully focused public attention on the environmental crisis, paving the way for the national Earth Day demonstrations that mobilized 20 million participants on April 22, 1970...   ...more

Ken Notes: Interesting read, the question is how far are we willing to go and I think when business and the utilities are not at the table you do more harm than good. I would suggest that Senator Nelson did suggest working together on these issues and currently we can`t work together on anything!