Thousands of Bay Area students ditched school to march through the streets of San Francisco on Friday morning to take part in a global climate strike.
Their signs, banners and chants were aimed at pressing lawmakers and business leaders to take more responsibility for what is increasingly seen as a worldwide crisis.
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Some students held a sign reading, “If you were smarter, I’d still be in school,” as a criticism of adults they felt were not doing enough about climate change.
Other students chanted, âWe will die of climate change, you will die of old age!â
Stephanie Lister on Twitter Isaac, 26 and Joon 19 at the #YouthStrike4Climate
The march began at the district offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and made stops in front of different corporate offices, including Bank of America, Amazon and PG&E.
Nastia Voynovskaya on Twitter @KQEDnews @KQEDarts The youth are chanting: “The wrong ICE is melting, the wrong Amazon is burning!
Marchers also highlighted the involvement of fossil fuel production companies and stopped in front of the offices of BlackRock, which has invested in oil and coal operations.
Some protesters carried an effigy of Shell CEO Ben van Beurden holding a burning house and a bag of money.
The march followed Market Street and ended at Embarcadero Plaza.
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