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From the Frontlines of the Climate Movement, A Message of Hope
“Not Too Late,” a new anthology edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua, wants to “change the climate story from despair to possibility.”
By Kiley Bense
On Oct. 26, 2021, a 20-year-old climate activist named Abby Leedy confronted Sen. Joe Manchin as he left a meeting with political donors in D.C. At the time, Manchin was a key holdout preventing the passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, which would have earmarked billions of dollars for clean energy technology and reducing emissions.