Climate Activists Armed With Cameras Push Clinton to Commit
Griffin Sinclair-Wingate was pressed against the edge of the stage after a debate in New Hampshire when he got his crack at Hillary Clinton.
"Would you ban the extraction of oil, gas and coal on public lands?" the University of New Hampshire junior asked Clinton in a Feb. 4 exchange captured in blurry video shot on the iPhone tucked in his shirt pocket.
"Yeah," Clinton shot back. "That’s a done deal."
The four-word statement was the furthest Clinton had gone to embrace the growing "keep it in the ground" anti-fossil fuel movement -- a victory for Sinclair-Wingate and other climate activists who have stalked her on the campaign trail. The video was swiftly uploaded to YouTube, highlighted on Twitter and circulated to the news media.
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They’ve posted videos of Clinton saying there should be investigations into allegations Exxon Mobil Corp. suppressed decades-old climate change research and declaring her opposition to Kinder Morgan’s proposed Northeast Energy Direct pipeline, which would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts. Next up: will she reject donations from fossil fuel interests? Will she endorse bans on fracking?
"This is our moment, when we are much stronger than the fossil-fuel industry," said Jason Kowalski, a spokesman for 350 Action, which has coordinated much of the gotcha-style environmental campaign. "Once these decisions go beyond closed doors, the lawyers and the lobbyists of the oil industry will outpower us."
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