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- Jane Fonda, the actress and activist, discussed moving from climate anxiety to activism on a podcast with Kara Swisher, recounting despair during a Los Angeles heatwave that spurred Fire Drill Fridays with Greenpeace USA.
- Inspired by Greta Thunberg, she aims to push U.S. leaders to treat climate change as an emergency.
- She says hope means action, not optimism, citing Václav Havel’s belief in moral necessity to act regardless of success.
