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[Mellow acoustic guitar music]
[Birds chirping]
>> Sarah: Our team is riding exclusively by bicycle
from New Orleans to Exxon Mobil headquarters
in Dallas
>> Blair: To learn from, support, and highlight
the work of local leaders--
>> Kelly: Who are struggling to overcome
the dual challenges of pollution--
>> Van: And extreme weather events
linked to climate change.
>> Skye: We are challenging the fossil fuel industry
to stop lobbying for taxpayer money--
>> May: And to use the taxpayer dollars
they have received--
>> Laurie: To repay the communities that are
directly harmed by their activities--
>> Fernanda: Through toxic air and water,
extreme weather, and other
health and economic costs.
>> Ben: We also charge the fossil fuel industry
to use their ample resources
to build a better world--
>> Lisa: To invest in safe, healthy, and
truly renewable energy.
>> Pablo: So I think we have a responsibility
to demand our rights from government,
to hold government accountable,
to demand the government represent us,
because I don't feel like it's doing so
right now. But we also have
a responsibility to hold corporations accountable
because they have so much power,
because the money that they are
not giving back to us, the people that
they are disenfranchising, through
tax breaks, through subsidies,
they're using to corrupt the government.
So we gotta say, "Hey. You're part of this.
You gotta respect our rights.
You gotta return our money."
[Guitar music] And if both of those things fail, then
we have to recognize that if we're
going to be on our own, we have to have
sustainable communities, and communication
within those communities to be able to learn
to live on our own, in community.
[Acoustic guitar music, playing cards shuffling]
>> Skye: Hi, I'm Skye.
>> Blair: My name is Blair!
>> Ben: Hey, my name is Ben.
>> Sarah: I'm Sarah!
>> Kelly: My name is Kelly.
>> May: Hey, I'm May.
>> Pablo: My name is Pablo.
>> Lisa: Hi, I'm Lisa!
>> Fernanda: [Comically long trilled 'r'] Ferrrrrnanda
>> Laurie: I'm Laurie!
>> Van: My name is Van.
[Music continues, fades]