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Elsie Gilmore's avatar

When I got arrested with you in 2011, I thought I had made such a difference. But now it seems like just a drop in the bucket. If there is a large scale action, I want in. I continue to tell people that until enough of us are in the streets making people's lives uncomfortable, nothing will change. Too many people are comfortable as they sit on the Titanic waiting for it to sink. Change must often be demanded. Especially when you've asked nicely so many times without result. Thank you for all you do and have done. I try to go easy on myself as an activist. As you know, that's difficult. But I'll just keep waking up every day doing the best I can.

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SJR's avatar

Thank you, Bill, for your post and for your endless work on climate which is much appreciated by so many of us. I share your disgust for lawmakers, banks and pension administrators who cannot look beyond the money from fossil fuel companies.

More rain is pouring down as I write. Bristol has been spared but my daughter in Montpelier not so much. The dam 3+ miles to the north is a constant worry.

"The next really bad idea in American energy policy is the rapid buildout of LNG terminals on the Gulf Coast." This seems insane to me, not only building the terminals, but in that location which is often hurricane alley! I try not to let despair set in. We have to do better.

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