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We need the 2020 candidates and DNC to commit to an entire debate on environmental policies.

Eddie,

This is actor and activist Mark Ruffalo—and I'm writing to you about an urgent action we need to take to move forward solutions to stop this climate crisis. DNC Chairman Tom Perez announced that the DNC is unwilling to hold a climate debate for 2020 candidates despite growing public pressure and vocal support from many candidates including Julián Castro, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren. We cannot accept this as the final word. The climate crisis touches every person on the planet, and the need for a real debate about the problem and solutions has never been more urgent.

U.S. Youth Climate Strike is leading the way working with candidates and continuing to put pressure on the DNC. Please see their original email below and sign the petition.

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Dear fellow MoveOn member,

We are writing on behalf of Youth Climate Strike because we need your signature on a brand-new petition.

We helped to organize student climate strikes around the United States. It was so inspiring to see all of the positive responses and the media traction that we received for our kickoff strike on March 15, 2019, and therefore we are branching out and announcing our new campaign today to call upon the 2020 presidential candidates and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to commit to a debate or forum entirely around environmental issues.

Climate change is too urgent and important to continue to ignore, and because adults have been pushing it off for decades, we're stepping up and calling upon the adults running for the presidency in 2020 to take it seriously.

Sign our petition to support a #ClimateDebate.

With the magnitude of the oncoming climate crisis, it's no longer sufficient to have a single token environmental question that 2020 candidates get to brush off with a soundbite. We need the 2020 candidates and DNC to commit to an entire debate on environmental policies.

You may have heard of the Youth Climate Strike on NPR or in The New York Times. Our first strike on March 15, 2019 was part of a massive global day of action where young people in 120+ countries came together to demand action on climate change. As we approach the 2020 election, we recognize that time is running out to curb the worst effects of climate change, and therefore we believe it is the best time to ask the presidential candidates some tough but important questions about climate change and environmental policy. Furthermore, we will continue to strike to demand action from incumbent politicians and those that are running in 2019 and 2020.

Sign our petition calling on the DNC and 2020 candidates to commit to a debate centered on climate and environmental issues.

Let's ensure environmental issues—climate change, access to clean water, environmental racism, and everything in between—that disproportionately impact people of color and working-class folks are given the serious attention they deserve.

Let's be sure we hear how candidates plan to hold companies accountable for polluting our water and air, and let's ask them what they think about opening up federal land to fracking, drilling, and trophy hunting.

Let's have an open mind as they discuss the ways we can shift to renewable energy while stressing equity and a just transition for frontline communities, specifically communities of color, low-income communities, and communities most reliant on fossil fuels.

The United Nations estimates that 62 million people worldwide were affected by extreme weather fueled by climate change.¹ This is not ok.

Sign our petition telling the DNC and 2020 candidates that you want to see a debate or forum entirely around environmental issues.

Thank you for your support.

–Haven Coleman, Karla Stephan, Isra Hirsi, Feliquan Charlemagne, Maddy Fernands, Anya Sastry, Salomée Levy, and the rest of the US Youth Climate Strike team

Source:

1. "Extreme weather affected 62 million people last year, UN climate change report says" CBS News, March 28, 2019
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