Read the excerpt from a speech to students made by President Barack Obama in 2013: I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that’s beyond fixing. And that’s why, today, I'm announcing a new national climate action plan, and I'm here to enlist your generation's help in keeping the United States of America a leader—a global leader—in the fight against climate change. —President Barack Obama, June 25, 2013 How could a middle school student accept the president’s challenge? by voting for politicians who care about climate change by marching in a demonstration against climate change by writing a letter thanking the president for his speech by running for political office to change energy policies
