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A group of activists is putting their safety on the line to getPresident Joe Bidento aggressively address the climate crisis.
According toCNN, the group has held a hunger strike outside of the White House since Oct. 20 to get meaningful climate change provisions added to the president’s economic package, which Congress has been negotiating.
“I’m waiting for my president to start fighting for me,” he added. “I’m waiting for Joe Biden to start fighting for the people who elected him.”
Girma told the outlet he was sent to the emergency room on Saturday after he experienced nausea, dizziness and blurred vision during the strike, but returned the next day.
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“We hope that these activists' hunger strike can appeal to Joe Biden, bring more people into our broader movement and emphasize what is at stake — future life on this planet — in this bill,” they continued.
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Biden has said his $3.5 trillion agenda, which includes measures to combat climate change, would likely have to be downsized after it was met with criticism from some Democrats, including Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. The president initially proposed a plan to reward power providers that use clean energy and penalize ones that do not.
Members of the Biden Administration met with the leaders of nearly a dozen environmental and justice groups earlier this week.
“Hunger symbolizes what we’re starving for — what we deeply need in this moment,” Girma toldCNN. “And it also shows the possible future that Biden is making really possible if he doesn’t start fighting for us.”
source: people.com
