keya chatterjee, executive director of the us climate action network, also spoke at the rally. she warned attendees against participating in \u201canticipatory obedience,\u201d which she described as abandoning the fight against climate change out of fear that a second trump administration will roll back regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cwe are not going to anticipate in fear and not do things,\u201d chatterjee said. \u201cwe\u2019re going to live big and we\u2019re going to do big.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

among the rally participants, mechanical engineer nick tatnall, 29, said trump\u2019s appointments reflect his self-serving interests. tatnall\u2019s own passion for the environment was sparked by visiting national parks, and he expressed concerns that a second trump administration will weaken regulations and expand drilling on public lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201ci just hope the next four years are not as bad as we think they will be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

julia barnes, 30, a podcast producer, said she had hoped vice president kamala harris would win the election but was not surprised by trump\u2019s victory. barnes criticized trump\u2019s track record on the environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cclimate is incredibly low on his agenda,\u201d she said, adding that her biggest fear is seeing no progress on climate issues for another four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

organizers said that through the event more than 470 people signed up to participate in training, movement-building efforts, and continued organizing over the next 60 days, with plans to sustain their actions through trump\u2019s inauguration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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