Young people get it: climate change is a global emergency. I’m so proud to see that youth have become some of the most persistent and effective voices in the call for bold climate action. We must listen to them and we must act now. Know I will be fighting in Congress for a Green New Deal to make major cuts in emissions and create millions of good-paying clean energy jobs. In the video above hear a few young Vermonters — finalists in my annual State of the Union essay contest — discuss the urgency of addressing this existential crisis.