Sacramento — Students in California and around the nation and world are extremely concerned with what the future holds for them, considering the increasing toll that Big Oil-induced climate disasters are having around the globe.
On October 24, thousands of youth from 50 middle schools, high schools, and colleges in California walked out of class in a coordinated statewide action demanding that oil and gas corporations be held financially accountable for the damage caused by their pollution.
Dozens of Sacramento students participated in this statewide day of action to call for lawmakers to pass the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act, AB 1243 and SB 684. The bill wasn’t able to muster the votes this legislative session to pass it, but the students and climate justice advocates are hoping that the Legislature will pass it next year…