Chicago’s young activists demand climate action, steps to ‘protect our planet’ at downtown rally

Teenage activists held a rally Friday afternoon demanding urgent action from government officials to slow climate change, calling it a “public health emergency that affects every breath we take and every sip we drink.”

Dozens gathered in Pritzker Park in the Loop before marching nearly a half-mile to Chase Tower, urging Chase Bank and other financial institutions to divest from the fossil fuel industry.

Last year was the warmest on record globally, and the 10 warmest years since 1850 have all occurred in the past decade...