Since President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord earlier this month—a move Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune dubbed “one of the most ignorant and dangerous actions ever taken by any President”—calls for resistance have blossomed into plans for mass, collective action.
“The critical question right now is this: How do we build more political power, and how do we win?”
This weekend will offer at least one measure of the nationwide outrage at Trump’s destruction of policies geared toward protecting the planet, as people across the country are set to march and “demand that their city and state stay in Paris and go beyond in getting us off fossil fuels.”
Organized under the banner Act on Climate, the day of protest—which will take place in cities and towns nationwide on Saturday—was organized primarily by 350.org, with the backing of Greenpeace USA, Public Citizen, The Nation, and more than a dozen other groups.
In a piece published on Friday, The Nation outlined a to-do list for activists and those looking to get involved in the Trump-era climate fight, which included making calls to elected representatives to “demand that they commit to the goals in the Paris Climate Agreement and go beyond it” and spreading the work of “people and movements who are fighting back against climate denial and for climate justice.”
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