Green | March 03, 2009 | 6 comments

Anti-Coal Day on Capitol Hill

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjfDkfZaMEU

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This weekend, twelve thousand students converged on Washington demanding the U.S. lead the world with a cleaner, greener, and more innovative energy policy.

Powershift 09 attracted double the numbers of its 07 convention. All day long, students filled the halls of Congress lobbying their elected officials to fight global warming. Meanwhile, a parallel protest called the Capitol Climate Action was taking place out in the streets.

Thousands marched to the Capitol Power Plant (owned by Congress) demanding that it convert from coal to natural gas. Activists like writer Bill McKibben, poet Wendell Berry, and NASA scientist James Hansen—who all risked arrest to make their point—hailed the days activities as the kickoff for a year of worldwide mobilizations leading to the Copenhagen Climate Conference in December.
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6 comments // Anti-Coal Day on Capitol Hill // Video

  • ayersock
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      ayersock  

    • we were not demanding it switch to natural gas. there was a bill in congress to switch, in part because of our planned action in attempt to deter us.
      we were not fooled though. we no that natural gas is no better than shooting ourselves in the foot twice.

    • 2 years ago
  • leahl
  • DrPhiloneous
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      DrPhiloneous  

    • I wasn't able to make it to the action, but I was at Powershift and spent Monday on Capitol Hill. We talked to our representative, John Barrow from Georgia, who happens to be on the energy committee and will have a strong hand in writing the legislation we are all pushing for.

      However, I was told by a fellow activist friend that the lobbying wasn't as important, seeing as people lobby all the time and that the most effective event of the day was the demonstration at the power plant.

      So, I have a question for yall: is there anyone who thinks that one was more important than the other?

    • 2 years ago
  • Denica_Cassandra
  • cerealforeal
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