EARLIER THIS YEAR, President Trump dubiously proclaimed that he was committed to “conserving the majesty of God’s creation”—even while his administration continued to strip protections for clean air and water and double down on actions that will accelerate climate collapse. Clean-water activist Mari Copeny, who pointed to the dangerous lead levels in the water of hundreds of U.S. cities, rising asthma rates, and the lack of regulations on hazardous chemicals, offered an unambiguous response to Trump: “please stop lying to the world.”
The 12-year-old Copeny, aka “Little Miss Flint,” has a way of cutting through the chaos and offering clear perspective. (After the Super Bowl, she tweeted: “Hey. Can I get the same amount of outrage over America’s lack of clean water as some of ya’ll have over the Super Bowl halftime performance, please.”) “Isaiah 11:6 leaders” like Copeny, 13-year-old gun control activist Naomi Wadler, Greta Thunberg, and so many others offer what we desperately need right now: Hope for a different kind of future. As Copeny put it this winter: “Hey adults. Can you please stop acting like toddlers. –Signed, the kids of America.”
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