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Californians to describe life during the energy project near you, find the
2017 wildfires. countless other families saying “Hell
no!” to it. They’re often coordinating
2. Review your options. We can’t
efforts with groups like Sierra Club,
expect sane energy policy from our
350.org, Greenpeace, Earth
current federal government, so we
Guardians, or one of hundreds of local
shouldn’t waste precious time groups out front litigating, tree-
pleading with the president, EPA, or planting, educating, marching, flash-
oil-soaked Congress. This leaves us mobbing, sitting-in, and re-imaging
with two choices: 1) Surrender to the and re-claiming our children’s futures.
above-mentioned madmen or 2) And they need you. To find them,
Defeat them.Since parents are search 350.org or key words like
responsible for children’s well-being, “climate justice” or “fossil free.” If you
surrender’s no option, but if we’re can’t give time, give money. If you
going to battle, let’s make sure to can’t give either, publicly praise local
win. That means finding our resistance efforts so that others might
opponent’s great weakness. Every donate time, money, or expertise.
tyrant has one, and dirty energy’s is 5. Hound your public servants.
this: North America is very wide! Remember, we’re entitled to storm
Coal, oil and gas exports require long, our representatives’ offices five days
awkward routes through its heartland a week! If you’re too busy for office-
and out to its coastlines. Those routes storming, put their numbers on speed
are dependent on permits and dial—under “P” for Public Servant—
exemptions granted by local public and phone-storm them. Hound them
servants—your elected county while pushing the stroller. Hound
commissioners, governors, mayors, them on voicemail in three-part
and utility board members—who all harmony with your kids. Hound them
desperately need your vote. as you wait in line at the gas station
(while, of course, relishing the irony).
3. Find the project near you. New Hound them during a bathroom
dirty energy infrastructure is proposed
break, if you must, but hound away,
in every North American region now,
because that’s one of the easiest and
and they all face some local
most effective ways busy parents can
resistance. Find your proposed fossil foil dirty energy schemes: by making
fuel project. Is it Trump’s offshore it political suicide for our public
drilling plans? If you’re near a coast, servants to approve them.
the answer’s yes. Do volatile oil trains
sneak through your town at night? 6. Change the local conversation.
Get online and find out! Many proposed projects violate the
human rights and treaties of
4. Support groups defeating big oil. indigenous communities, which is why
Now that you’ve found the dirty those decisions often end up in court.
