Ohio ‘Youth for Climate Justice’ Holds Protest for Earth Day
“joined the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the Columbus Revolutionary Study Group”
The left’s climate change agenda is now fully embedded in higher education.
The Lantern reports:
Ohio Youth for Climate Justice holds Earth Day protest, urges university transparency with fossil fuel investments
Mother Nature spared Ohio Youth for Climate Justice from the rainstorm as 40 protesters marched across campus Saturday to demand transparency with Ohio State’s investments in fossil fuels.
The youth-led group, a statewide organization that seeks change in policies related to climate change, joined the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the Columbus Revolutionary Study Group this Earth Day in marching from Bricker Hall to the Office of Investments building on Lane Avenue. They called down students from north campus dorm buildings, handed out flyers and chanted demands for combating climate change before holding a banner from the Lane Avenue parking garage.
Mariel Trinidad, a fourth-year in international relations and strategic communications and Ohio Youth for Climate Justice member, said the group organized the event because students deserve to know where their money is going.
“We are hoping that the Office of Investment will be more transparent with their funds. A few years ago, we knew there were direct funds going into fossil fuels, but now it’s obscure,” Trinidad said. “We know there are indirect funds going into fossil fuels, and we just want them to be transparent with how much is going to that.” Trinidad said this Earth Day protest is different from some of the group’s previous protests, which focused more on encouraging Ohio State’s full divestment from fossil fuels — including Ohio State’s combined heat and power plant.
Trinidad said the group isn’t necessarily expecting a response from the university but is encouraging the information to be released by the summer. After this, they will call for a whistleblower from the Office of Investments to share the figures for students to see.
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Wait a mo. Biden’s recent EO was for “Environmental Justice.” Now, are “Climate Justice” and “Environmental Justice” the same thing or different things? I just want to know how many different jurisdictions I’m going to be expected to defend myself in for the same synthetic infraction..
Like social justice, it’s neither
“…Party for Socialism and Liberation….”
I think it’s an either/or situation. And I wonder which one they’d prefer.