“Buildings are collapsing into the sea. Infrastructure is melting. Hundreds are dying from extreme heat. Millions are without power. The ocean is literally on fire. The climate crisis is here.”
With hundreds of thousands of acres burning across swaths of the U.S. West that have already endured record-breaking heat this summer—and mounting concerns about the GOP and centrist Democrats watering down federal infrastructure legislation—the climate movement on Monday reiterated demands for ambitious government action and investment.
“This ‘unprecedented’ weather must serve as a wake-up call for our politicians.”
—Ellen Sciales, Sunrise Movement
Progressives that called President Joe Biden’s initial physical and human infrastructure proposal, the American Jobs and Families Plans, inadequate have ramped up their criticism in the wake of a bipartisan deal Democrats want to pass alongside a reconciliation bill, a flooded New York City subway system, a collapsed condo in Florida, a pipeline-related fire in the Gulf of Mexico, and a firenado in California.
“Buildings are collapsing into the sea. Infrastructure is melting. Hundreds are dying from extreme heat. Millions are without power. The ocean is literally on fire. The climate crisis is here,” said Ellen Sciales, communications director of the youth-led Sunrise Movement, in a statement Monday.
“And yet, some Democratic politicians like Joe Biden are still pushing for a compromise on climate under the guise of ‘bipartisanship’—though it’s actually just doing the bidding of Exxon lobbyists,” she added, pointing to an exposé that provided insight on the company’s lobbying efforts targeting key senators who are working on the infrastructure package.
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