'People did not vote to destroy the stability of our planetary climate,' writes Dominique Browning.
Browning is a co-founder and the director of Moms Clean Air Force and a vice president of the Environmental Defense Fund. Moms Clean Air Force is a coalition of more than 1.5 million moms, dads, and caregivers singularly committed to securing a safe and healthy planet for children by protecting them from air pollution, toxic chemicals and the dangerous impacts of global warmingn Tuesday night, as election results poured in, I sat on a rock on the coast of Rhode Island and watched the moon set.
Everything I and the millions of others who fought so hard to achieve in beginning to secure a healthy planet into the future is imperiled. Rather than wallow in defeat, though, I propose that we face our dread head-on and use it to galvanize our advocacy. Global warming’s negative impacts transcend parties and red-blue-purple state lines. It is very real, very powerful, and a fundamental part of the DNA of the fear we are all feeling.
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