In this clip from Good News York, host Noah Chrysler asks Michelle Shenandoah how she sees Mother Earth responding to current environmental challenges. Shenandoah offers a grounded perspective on climate change, moving beyond abstract terminology to describe its tangible local impacts. She points to devastating weather patterns that threaten the safety of homes and communities, species struggling to survive in their natural habitats, and fundamental concerns about air and water quality. Her response centers on a critical question for future generations: will they inherit clean water to drink and pure air to breathe? Rather than presenting climate change as a distant problem, Shenandoah frames it as something everyone can observe and feel in their daily lives, emphasizing the immediate need to consider the health and survival of those who will come after us.
