400-Mile youth climate arch ends with protest at Houston home of Ted Cruz

Houston, June 23 (RHC)-- Climate youth activists and members of the Sunrise Movement ended their 400-mile march from New Orleans to Texas Monday outside the Houston home of Republican Senator Ted Cruz — a committed climate change denier.  At least eight protesters were arrested. 

Nineteen-year-old climate activist Ishan Gupta said in a statement: “Biden, I voted for you because I thought I was securing my future, but every day since inauguration I’ve woken up with the same fears. … Deliver on your promises so I can have a future doing meaningful work like fixing our power grid.”

In February, millions of Texas residents faced a massive blackout and freezing temperatures after the state’s power grid collapsed.  At the time, Senator Cruz decided to travel to Cancún, Mexico, to escape the winter cold.