Activist Calls White House 'Subsidiary of Exxon Mobil' at Cambridge Church

[Judi Lynn]

By IKE J. PARK, CONTRIBUTING WRITER 2 hours ago







Hundreds flocked into First Parish Church of Cambridge Wednesday afternoon to attend a talk by Naomi Klein, where the environmental activist and author criticized the Donald Trump administration’s ties to the fossil fuel industry.

Klein, a member of the board of directors for environmental activism group 350.org, opened her talk by recalling her experience visiting the sites of coral bleaching in Australia and what these signs of environmental degradation may imply for future generations. The event was sponsored by Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

“Climate change is an issue of intergenerational justice. Our collective failure to respond to this crisis means that my son’s generation and the young people in this room, generations yet to come are being wronged of so much of the beauty and wonder that this world has to offer,” Klein said.

Klein specifically criticized the Trump administration’s environmental policies and what she refers to as a recent “regulatory assault” on agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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