Green | March 01, 2009 | 6 comments

12,000 Young People Will Rally at U.S. Capitol, Meet With Lawmakers to Press Environmental Agenda

source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/28/AR2009022801877.html?sub=AR

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"Thousands of young people, many of them emboldened by the 2008 presidential contest, will descend on the Capitol tomorrow to urge the government to take radical action to stem climate change and plant the seeds of a green economy.

Arriving Friday from every state in the union -- as well as every Canadian province and more than a dozen countries -- about 12,000 people, most between 18 and 26 years old, are in the District this weekend for Power Shift '09, a summit aimed at raising environmental awareness and lobbying leaders on green issues.

The four-day convention will culminate tomorrow with a rally at 11:30 a.m. on the Capitol's west lawn and meetings all day with members of Congress and their aides to press them for immediate action.

"We want to make sure our new president and new Congress pass bold federal energy and climate legislation in 2009 that dramatically reduces emissions and creates millions of green jobs," said Brianna Cayo Cotter, communications director for the convention's organizer, the Energy Action Coalition, a network of 50 national organizations that advocate for clean energy."

Current Green is in DC covering the Powershift Conference and the climate action. Have questions? Want a specific issue covered? do tell.
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