Nalleli Cobo, who has been compared to Greta Thunberg, has gone from fighting oil drilling in L.A. since she was 9 to fighting a rare cancer at 19.
But Cobo didn’t stop fighting. At the age of 13, she appeared on a video calling on Pope Francis to help ensure that the Allenco site, which is owned byShe has testified at government hearings, met Al Gore and Bernie Sanders, and co-founded a group that
Now a freshman at Whittier College, the 19-year-old has continued to push for change as an environmental activist, calling on Los Angeles to phase out oil drilling near homes, schools and other sensitive sites to protect public health. The idea has been opposed by the petroleum industry and its workers, who argue the industry is well-regulated and that a shutdown would cost jobs.
It was a shock to environmental activists when Cobo recently revealed that she had been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer. Cobo told the crowd that it “We’re more likely to contract diseases and to develop cancers and these type of life-threatening conditions,” especially in communities of color which are disproportionately affected by environmental threats, he said.
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