Sunrise Movement activists demonstrate in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ house in Brentwood on Sept. 23. Sometimes it’s clear when you’re watching history: the March on Washington. The Apollo 11 moon landing. Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the first woman of color to accept a major party presidential nomination. Other times, it can be years or decades before the arc of history reveals itself. Newsletter You’re reading Boiling Point Sammy Roth gets you up to speed on climate change, energy and the environment. Sign up to get it in your inbox twice a week. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. As I watched more than a dozen young climate activists march down a Brentwood street toward Harris’ home on Monday, I wondered: Am I seeing history get made? Or will this protest — in which Sunrise Movement supporters urged Harris to release a climate plan and stop promoting oil and gas drilling — ultimately amount to nothing? I had the same questions Sunday, when I arrived at Dodger Stadium to watch a dozen-plus climate advocates — these folks skewing older — rally outside the ballpark before an afternoon game against the Colorado Rockies. They urged Dodgers owner Mark Walter to end an advertising partnership with oil giant Phillips 66, trumpeting a petition with 20,000 signatures that calls for the team to “stop giving cover to producers of climate chaos.” Advertisement Climate activists protest outside Dodger Stadium on Sept. 22, calling on the Dodgers to stop running ads from Phillips 66, owner of 76 gasoline. Were these small groups of activists going to change the world? Or were they wasting their time? The day before the Dodger Stadium rally, another activist took a bold stand. This time it was Ben Jealous, […]