While left-wing climate youth organizations shut down highways and disrupt peaceful events, CFACT’s campus representatives are hard at work raising awareness about important issues in a calm and civilized manner.
Distributing informational flyers, stickers, and petition sheets, our students have engaged with hundreds of others across the nation in recent weeks, informing them about the insidious Summit Carbon Solutions (SCS) liquid CO2 pipeline.
For those unfamiliar, the pipeline project is steeped in an ongoing legal battle between SCS, private landowners, and free market advocates like CFACT. Planned to span five Upper Midwestern states, the project threatens local wildlife and relies on eminent domain to seize private land to facilitate the pipeline’s path.
From California to Texas, our collegians have been pounding pavement, collecting signatures, and rallying the American youth in defense of our shared environment and individual property rights.
Megan Tsvetkova: Oakton College
Megan Tsvetkova began her semester as a CFACT campus representative with determination at Oakton College in Des Plaines, Illinois. Zipping around campus, Ms. Tsvetkova handed out flyers, struck up conversations, and persuaded students to add their names to the swelling number of young Americans declaring their opposition to the project. Thanks to her dedication, Megan secured nearly seventy signatures.
Noah Dutel: University of Houston
Further south, CFACT collegian Noah Dutel was busy engaging students at the University of Houston. Setting up along a well-traveled sidewalk on a sunny Texas day, Noah and his team spoke with hundreds of students about the looming pipeline threat. True to the Lone Star State’s spirit, students were outraged by the private property violations.
“It felt great to spread awareness on campus about the unconstitutional use of eminent domain to bully landowners into giving up their land for the CO2 pipeline,” Noah shared. By the end of the day, despite the sun and humidity, he had gathered an impressive one hundred and seven signatures.
Sam Holmes: University of Illinois
Back in the Midwest, campus representative Sam Holmes spread awareness at the University of Illinois in Champaign. Encouraged by the response, Sam found that two-thirds of the students he encountered were already informed and sympathetic—a testament to CFACT’s influence on regional issues. Additionally, he successfully persuaded several initially skeptical students to sign the petition.
After a day of healthy debate and conversation, Sam reported discovering a newfound passion for the cause.
Ricardo Garcia: College of the Sequoias
Last but certainly not least, Ricardo Garcia made an impact at the College of the Sequoias in California. Placing his table at a busy campus intersection, Ricardo engaged students throughout the day, proudly representing CFACT collegians.
“Upon hearing details of the pipeline project, many students were quick to stop and listen,” Ricardo noted. Many also eagerly signed the petition, with over 60 students joining the movement.
Thanks to the continued efforts of CFACT collegians nationwide, pressure is mounting on relevant state lawmakers to tighten their scrutiny of the SCS pipeline project. With the fate of private properties and wild spaces across five states hanging in the balance, CFACT won’t rest until Summit Carbon Solutions is sent back to the drawing board.
As this semester flies by, CFACT collegians throughout the country are busy fighting for a...