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September 11, 2023

Activists Confront Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer over Climate Crisis Hypocrisy
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Here in the U.S., a young activist with Climate Defiance confronted
Democratic Congressmember Steny Hoyer at a public event Saturday.
Activists accuse the long-standing Maryland lawmaker of paying lip
service to combating climate change - even as Hoyer defended fossil fuel
subsidies and his campaign received over half a million dollars from
fossil energy interests.

Elizabeth: "Steny Hoyer, I've come here out of necessity to ask you to
please stop taking money from fossil fuel corporations, so that we might
have a chance at survival."

This comes as Phoenix set a record-breaking 55th day of 110+ degree heat
Sunday. Meanwhile, in Hawaii, the governor updated the official number
of missing people from the Lahaina wildfire to 66. The official death
toll remains at 115.


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