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| Photo by Austin Price Communities Worldwide Demand Action on Climate Before Saturday, Laura Finnegan had never participated in an environmental protest. But after she had her first child, Finnegan, whose day job is in the hardware supply industry, began thinking about her daughter's future. And that's when the new mom began worrying about climate change. "Honestly, I really didn't care that much until I had my daughter. Now, I have to start thinking about what the next 100 years will be like, not just the next 50," Finnegan said as she juggled two-year-old Charlie in her arms. The 32-year-old was wearing a yellow T-shirt reading "Mothers Out Front for a Livable Climate" and had just gotten off an early morning bus from San Jose to San Francisco. "We don't know how bad it will be—and it could be really fucking bad. Everything moves so slowly, but the planet doesn't care. I want to see some more urgency. I want people to see that we have to take climate change seriously."
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