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At climate rally, some signs of fraying in a movements big tent
2013-02-19 07:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In front of the White House early Sunday afternoon, a young man deftly scaled a small leafless tree, to the shock and dismay of the older activists around him. One police officer suggested that he come down, which he eventually did - only to be yelled at by a woman who said he`d damaged not only the tree but the entire climate movement. "But you`re not letting us talk," he told her. "It`s just all about you." "What`s going to happen when everyone marches and then everyone goes home? There needs...
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40,000 People Reported at Climate Change Rally
2013-02-18 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo!: The environmental organization 350.org is reporting that more than 40,000 people attended the "Forward on Climate" rally in Washington to call for President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, comparing the march to the movement that elected Obama to office in the first place. Here are the details. * According to the post by 350.org communications director Jamie Henn, volunteers from around the country organized 130 buses to get people to the rally. Henn reported a large number of...
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Biggest Environmental Rally in Decades Attracts Nationwide Media Attention
2013-02-18 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: As many as 40,000 protesters from 30 states descended on the White House on Sunday and demanded that President Obama kill the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. By the estimates of organizers, it was the biggest protest march for climate change action in the nation's history. In about 18 cities from Boston to Los Angeles, thousands more participated in solidarity ralliesand helped garner unusual nationwide media attention for an issue that has typically slipped under the local media radar....
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Climate rally: How a pipeline became Public Enemy No. 1
2013-02-18 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Tens of thousands of protesters marched on Washington Sunday, in what organizers say was the largest climate rally in US history. They had varying agendas but unified on one point: Blocking construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. When you are in a hole, stop digging, Bill McKibben, cofounder of the environmentalist group 350.org,, told the crowd gathered on the National Mall. Above all, stop the Keystone [XL] pipeline. The president can do that with a single stroke of a pen, and it would...
Hundreds Rally in Seattle Against Proposed Coal Train
2013-02-18 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KING5: Environmentalists rallied on Puget Sound Sunday with hopes the president will hear their message. Hundreds gathered at Golden Gardens Park in Seattle. They circulated a petition calling on President Obama to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline through the U.S. They're also fighting an effort to transport millions of tons of coal on train tracks through Seattle on its way to Asia. Mayor Mike McGinn says he asked the City of Seattle pension board and financial managers to divest from all of their...
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